Latin America

• Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 02:09 UTC

  Bolivia rescinds contract to build road through Amazon Indian reservation

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales says he is rescinding the contract of a Brazilian firm to build a controversial road through the Amazon rainforest. He accused the firm, OAS, of not complying with the terms of the deal.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 02:03 UTC

  Colombia anticipates no Falklands mention in the Americas summit final statement

  

  The coming 6th Summit of the Americas will not include in its final statement the issue of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, the sovereignty of which is in dispute between Argentina and the UK.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 07:06 UTC

  Argentina expects strong Malvinas support statement from the Americas summit

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be attending on Saturday the VI Americas summit to be held in Colombia, which is already involved in a strong controversy because of the non invitation to Cuba.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 06:59 UTC

  Fidel wonders about Canada’s position on Falklands issue at the Americas summit

  

  Fidel Castro accuses Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper of suffering from illusions and says Canada should take a stand in the Falkland Islands dispute in a rambling new essay that lashes out against Cuba’s exclusion from a coming Organization of American States summit.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 06:54 UTC

  Uruguay will enjoy “positive discrimination” in bilateral trade with Argentina

  

  Argentina and Uruguay presidents Cristina Fernandez and Jose Mujica agreed Monday evening to discuss their trade differences in the framework of Mercosur and promote “positive discrimination” measures for Uruguayan exports to help compensate the restrictions imported to all imports by the Argentine government.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 05:36 UTC

  Mexico presidential front runner wants PEMEX to emulate success of Petrobras

  

  Mexico’s presidential front-runner wants state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to emulate the success of Brazil’s Petrobras and ramp up private-sector involvement that could possibly pave the way for a stock listing in the future.

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 07:20 UTC

  Chile, Brazil and Mexico approve OECD fiscal transparency test

  

  Chile, Brazil and Mexico are among eight new countries which approved the first test of fiscal transparency from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 07:12 UTC

  Chavez wept and asked God to spare his life during a pre-Easter mass

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wept and asked God to spare his life during a pre-Easter Mass in the eve of Good Friday after returning from his latest session of cancer treatment in Cuba.

• Saturday, April 7th 2012 - 06:59 UTC

  Churches in Cuba celebrate Easter for the first time in over half a century

  

  Bells rang from Roman Catholic churches throughout Havana on Friday to remember the death of Jesus Christ as Cubans celebrated a holiday on Good Friday for the first time in more than half a century.

• Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 22:57 UTC

  Furious Chile demands an apology from Argentina’s former military governor of the Falklands

  

  The Chilean political system reacted angrily and demanded official apologies from the Argentine government following statements from former General Mario Menendez who said “Chileans behaved as pigs during the Malvinas war” three decades ago.