Latin America

Friday, October 25th 2013 - 14:21 UTC
Guyana-Venezuela: The consequences of ideology and avarice

By Sir Ronald Sanders - BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The internal politics of Venezuela is playing a big part in the sudden deterioration of that country’s relations with its smaller neighbor Guyana after a period of steady improvement.
Friday, October 25th 2013 - 14:07 UTC
Feeling unhappy, try Orwellian Venezuela: Maduro creates the “Supreme Happiness” office

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the creation of the “Supreme Happiness Under Secretary” to address social debt shortcomings and which was in honor of the late Commandant and president Hugo Chavez and the country's liberator, Simon Bolivar.
Friday, October 25th 2013 - 06:22 UTC
Argentine first time 'young voters' remain distant from Sunday's mid-term election

Argentines aged 16 and 17 will be able to vote for the first time in Sunday's midterm elections but the incidence of their ballot in the final result is considered marginal since many of them did not register. In Argentina voting is mandatory for the 18 to 70 age group, and 600.000 teen agers of 16 and 17 have registered to vote on 27 October when half the Lower House and a third of the Senate seats are renewed.
Friday, October 25th 2013 - 06:13 UTC
Argentina will deploy 91.000 security officers for Sunday's election

Ahead of Argentina's midterm elections of next Sunday, 27 October, which have not been absent of acts of violence against candidates and militants, the Defense Minister has announced that more than 91,000 security officers will be deployed across the country's 24 districts to watch over polling day.
Friday, October 25th 2013 - 06:08 UTC
Pacific Alliance economy ministers proved to be the best of the Americas in 2012

Pacific Alliance economy ministers are rated among the best four in Latin-American, while those from Mercosur can't boast such merit, much to the contrary, according to the 2012 survey from the America Economica Intelligence report, which ranks the region's ministers in that field.
Friday, October 25th 2013 - 06:06 UTC
British universities road-show in Chile to promote study opportunities

Representatives from six British top universities will be visiting Chile to promote the study opportunities available in the United Kingdom. The six leading British universities attending the road-show between 24-30 October are all world-renowned research-intensive institutions.
Thursday, October 24th 2013 - 21:10 UTC
Falklands praises inter-parliamentary friendship group announced in Panama Assembly

The Falkland Islands Government has welcomed an announcement from the Panamanian National Assembly approving the formation of the Falkland Islands–Panamanian Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group.
Thursday, October 24th 2013 - 07:54 UTC
'Parallel dollar holiday' in Argentina until after Sunday's election is anticipated

Despite a full-fledged crackdown on the 'cave-exchanges' in the financial sector of Buenos Aires the 'parallel' US dollar ended Wednesday trading as on the previous day at 10.05 Argentine Pesos while the official rate stood at 5.82 Pesos (buying price) and 5.87 Pesos (selling price).
Thursday, October 24th 2013 - 07:51 UTC
Brazil sells 3.2bn dollars in new global bonds to improve the best yield curve

Brazil sold about 3.2 billion dollars of new global bonds due in 2025, more than twice the original launch amount, as it paid the largest premium over U.S. Treasuries for a similar maturity since 2009 (approx 4.3%). The National Treasury is also buying back about 2 billion dollars of high-coupon notes maturing between 2017 and 2030.
Thursday, October 24th 2013 - 07:25 UTC
Former Ecuadorean judge admits taking bribes in pollution case against Chevron

A former Ecuadorean judge who presided over a pollution case against Chevron Corp. (CVX) testified that he and a colleague who issued a 19 billion judgment against the company in the environmental lawsuit were bribed.