Latin America

• Thursday, December 14th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Another Venezuelan ambassador on the tight rope

  

  With mounting tension between the Bolivian government and four of the country's nine provinces pressing for regional autonomy, Venezuela's ambassador caused a political seism when he admitted the possibility of sending Venezuelan troops in support of the administration of President Evo Morales.

• Monday, December 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Pinochet: no state funeral or national mourning

  The Chilean government announced Sunday that the deceased dictator General Augusto Pinochet will be receiving honors of a former Commander in chief of the Army, and not of head of state or national mourning.

• Thursday, August 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Cellulose Prices at their Highest in Five Years

  Chilean wood pulp producers Copec and CMPC are cashing in on high cellulose prices, which rose to a year-to-date high of 708.7 US dollars a ton on Tuesday. This is the highest price for cellulose since 2002, the disastrous year when cellulose prices fell to 433.2 US dollars a ton.