Latin America

Monday, December 5th 2011 - 06:00 UTC
China becomes the first to congratulate Latinamerica countries on CELAC

Chinese president Hu Jintao was the first to congratulate the newly formed CELAC and expressed Beijing’s wishes to strengthen trade relations, cooperation and political understanding with the region.
Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:19 UTC
A mild, good-intentions, no surprises marks the CELAC Caracas Declaration

The new Latin American and Caribbean organization backed Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and slammed US sanctions on Cuba at the end of a two day summit in the capital of Venezuela, hosted by President Hugo Chavez.
Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:01 UTC
Cuba’s Revolution square admits the growing presence of the Catholic Church

Hundreds of Cubans paid homage on Saturday to the patron of the country, the Virgin of Copper Charity, at the Plaza de la Revolución (Revolution Square) the political heart of the island and at the precise point where Pope John Paul II in 1998 held a mass to hundreds of thousands.
Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 09:02 UTC
Under Chavez sponsorship Latam nomenclature adds a new regional grouping

Showing off new energy after cancer treatment, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez hosted Latin American leaders on Friday to create a new regional body that pointedly excludes the United States and Canada.
Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:59 UTC
Argentina and Brazil agree greater ‘productive integration mechanism”

Argentine and Brazilian presidents Cristina Fernandez and Dilma Rousseff agreed in Caracas the creation of a Productive Integration Mechanism, MIP, to deepen bilateral relations.
Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:56 UTC
Correa says OAS should have been disarticulated in 1982 when the Malvinas war

Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa again questioned the existence of the Organization of American States, OAS, which should have been disarticulated in 1982 during the Falklands/Malvinas war and insisted that the region’s problems “should be discussed in the region and not in Washington”.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 18:58 UTC
Chile and Uruguay less corrupt in Latam; other Mercosur members not so clean

Chile and Uruguay are the least corrupt countries in Latinamerica, while Paraguay and Venezuela are at the other extreme, according to the latest ‘Corruption Perceptions’ Index’ from Transparency International released this week.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 16:04 UTC
“Four years more are more than enough”, says Argentine president

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez watered down any hopes of a limitless re-election during her visit to Venezuela stating that “four years more are more than enough”.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 16:00 UTC
CFK moved to tears on receiving picture of her husband painted by Chavez

Argentine President Cristina Fernández signed on Thursday nineteen cooperation agreements in different fields with her Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 05:36 UTC
Unasur plans ten-year infrastructure and integration projects

Infrastructure and integration investments totalling 13.7 billion dollars in the next ten years to 2022 were announced by the Unasur (Union of South American Nations) infrastructure chapter this week in Brasilia.