Latin America

Saturday, November 26th 2011 - 03:18 UTC
Strong process of land concentration and in foreign hands in Latam says FAO

A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, in seventeen Latinamerican and Caribbean countries discovered an intense concentration and foreign-held land process.
Saturday, November 26th 2011 - 03:16 UTC
Bolivia admits 26.1% live in extreme poverty but not on the hunger fringe

The Bolivian government strongly rejected a statement from a FAO (UN Food and Agriculture Organization) official saying that 26% of the population (2.5 million people) is on the hunger fringe since they can not satisfy their basic food needs.
Saturday, November 26th 2011 - 03:15 UTC
Cuba opens bank loans for small businesses, private farmers and house repair

Cuba has authorised banks to loan money to small businesses, private farmers and people who want to repair or build homes - a revolutionary step for the island's government.
Saturday, November 26th 2011 - 03:14 UTC
After spending time in US and French jails former dictator will be extradited to Panama

French appeals court ruled this week that former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega could be extradited to his homeland to serve time for crimes committed during his iron-fisted rule in the 1980s.
Friday, November 25th 2011 - 04:34 UTC
Largest container vessel to visit South America calls in Peruvian and Chilean ports

The largest ever container vessel to have docked in South America is currently in Valparaíso, Chile, after having called in Peru’s El Callao and Iquique in northern Chile.
Thursday, November 24th 2011 - 23:52 UTC
Unasur Finance Council meets to agree on measures to counter the global crisis

Unasur Economy ministers and Central Bank presidents will meet Friday to agree on measures to help the region address the impact of the global crisis. The meeting takes place in Buenos Aires hosted by Argentine Economy minister and Vice-president elect Amado Boudou.
Thursday, November 24th 2011 - 18:41 UTC
Chilean ‘Solidarity with Malvinas” group manifests public support for Argentina

A Chilean ‘Solidarity with Malvinas” group visited this week the Argentine legation in Santiago to meet Ambassador Ginés González Garcia and express their support for Argentina’s claim over the disputed Falklands and other South Atlantic islands.
Thursday, November 24th 2011 - 15:00 UTC
The inequality behind Chile’s prosperity

By COHA guest scholar Silvia Viñas
Foreigners on business trips usually travel from Chile’s Santiago International Airport to the city’s financial center in the El Golf neighborhood via the Costanera Norte or Vespucio Norte highways.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 - 20:40 UTC
EU top diplomat calls for strategic link with Latinamerica and announces trip to the region

The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton described relations with Latinamerica as ‘strategic’ and called for an intensification of political dialogue with the region of which the EU is the main foreign investor.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 - 20:01 UTC
Argentina has great hopes with the Caribbean back in the Latinamerican fold

Argentina has great expectations about the coming summit for the official creation of the Community of Latinamerican and Caribbean states, Celac, scheduled to take place next December 2 and 3 in Venezuela, said Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman.