Latin America

Saturday, June 30th 2012 - 04:06 UTC
Why Enrique Peña Nieto will win the Mexican presidential election

By Gwynne Dyer - There’s no point in talking about who’s going to win the Mexican presidential election on July 1. Enrique Peña Nieto is going to win it. What’s more interesting is why he’s going to win it.
Friday, June 29th 2012 - 06:22 UTC
Unasur will debate how to remove the group’s presidency from ‘illegitimate’ Paraguay

Besides the Mercosur summit, the Argentine city of Mendoza will also be hosting on Friday an emergency meeting from the Union of South American nations to discuss Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo’s swift removal and replacement by a government which has triggered strong resistance in the continent.
Friday, June 29th 2012 - 04:54 UTC
Ban Ki-moon calls for peaceful resolution of Paraguayan situation

Ahead of a regional meeting on Paraguay, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on all concerned to “work in the days ahead to ensure the peaceful resolution of differences” which led to the removal of the Paraguayan president.
Friday, June 29th 2012 - 01:29 UTC
China/Chile upgrade link to strategic partnership and expand bilateral free trade accord

China and Chile upgraded their bilateral ties to a strategic partnership and expect to double trade in three years once the bilateral free trade area agreement is completed with investment related supplementary accords.
Friday, June 29th 2012 - 01:24 UTC
China offers 15 billion dollars for infrastructure and better trade terms with Latin America

China has offered to set up a 10 billion dollars credit line for Latin American countries to support infrastructure projects in the region. The proposal was made by China's Premier Wen Jiabao as he wrapped up his visit to the region with a conference at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean, ECLAC, main offices in Santiago de Chile.
Friday, June 29th 2012 - 01:22 UTC
Barrick Gold looses in Toronto court major Chilean mining rights to main competitor

Barrick Gold Corporation the world’s largest producer of the metal can’t block Goldcorp Inc.’s 2010 acquisition of a majority stake in the El Morro copper and gold project in Chile.
Friday, June 29th 2012 - 01:18 UTC
Emergency mobile hospitals in Santiago to treat bout of respiratory diseases

Faced with a critical season of respiratory diseases and an increasingly unmet demand for medical services, Chilean authorities announced two military mobile hospital centres will be installed in Santiago this week.
Thursday, June 28th 2012 - 21:23 UTC
Greenpeace asks IWC for historic whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic

Greenpeace and a vast coalition of environmental groups are calling on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to establish a sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean that would protect Southern Hemisphere whales from commercial whaling for their entire lives.
Wednesday, June 27th 2012 - 20:24 UTC
Bolivian police return to work with a first main job: contain an indigenous march

Bolivia's police ended a violent mutiny and went back to work on Wednesday after reaching an accord with government ministers and the police leadership on pay and disciplinary rules, satisfying lower-ranking officers who had rejected a previous deal.
Wednesday, June 27th 2012 - 17:15 UTC
Paraguay accuses Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay of a new “Triple Alliance”

The new Paraguayan government claimed before the Organization of American States, OAS, that Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay are again involved in a “Triple Alliance” to have the country ousted from the inter-American organization as is happening with Mercosur and Unasur.