Latin America

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 08:56 UTC

  Cuban Ladies in White claim they are victims of (government sponsored) violent acts

  

  Leaders of the dissident group Ladies in White asked the Catholic Church on Tuesday to intervene before the Cuban government to end what they described as violent acts against them and other human rights activists.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 02:11 UTC

  Chile’s oil corporation to drill ten exploratory wells in Magallanes region

  

  ENAP, Chile’s national oil and gas corporation announced it will invest 30 million dollars in drilling ten exploratory wells in Magallanes province, extreme south Patgonia and where the country’s main hydrocarbons resources are located.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 00:29 UTC

  Latam and Caribbean exports forecasted to expand 27% this year, says ECLAC

  

  The value of goods exported from Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 27% in 2011, which is similar to that of last year according to a report presented in Santiago, Chile, by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

• Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 05:53 UTC

  Carbinero killed Chilean teenager; General, officers and several privates expelled

  

  Following trials with over 500 weapons, Chilean prosecutor Jorge Martínez confirmed that the bullet which killed 16 year old Manuel Gutierrez was fired by the Uzi sub-machinegun carried by Carbineros officer Miguel Millacura on the night of August 25 during the students' protest..

• Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:44 UTC

  Chilean judge investigating Carabineros over killing of student

  

  An officer from Chile’s gendarmerie-police, Carabineros was asked to resign Monday after admitting to using his firearm in the Macul borough of Santiago near where 16-year-old Manuel Gutiérrez Reinoso was shot and killed Thursday night.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:40 UTC

  Falklands’ veteran HMS York under command of possibly her last captain

  

  The man who may be Royal Navy’s Falklands’ veteran HMS York’s last naval captain has taken the helm of the Type 42 destroyer. Commander Rex Cox took over from Commander Simon Staley as the warship undergoes maintenance at Portsmouth, reports The Press from York.

• Monday, August 29th 2011 - 08:31 UTC

  Latin American central banks ready to reverse policy and cut interest rates

  

  Latin America’s central banks are coming to the end of steep rises in borrowing costs as the global economic outlook darkens and some are starting to consider policy loosening and interest rate cuts.

• Monday, August 29th 2011 - 03:35 UTC

  Piñera pledges to clarify events surrounding killing of teenager during mass protests

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera pledged Sunday to get to the bottom of the killing of a teen during a mass protest as student leaders agreed to meet with the president on their grievances.

• Monday, August 29th 2011 - 02:51 UTC

  Third round of chemotherapy for Chavez, but this time in Venezuela

  

  President Hugo Chavez will undergo a third round of chemotherapy for cancer at home in Venezuela beginning Monday, he said, instead of travelling to Cuba where he had two previous rounds of treatment.

• Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:28 UTC

  Piñera yields and calls on students and teachers to a round of negotiations

  

  After three months of mass protests that provoked a sharp drop in his popularity, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera agreed Friday to negotiate with students and teachers demanding more state funding for education and profound changes in government.