Latin America

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 07:16 UTC

  Latam markets begin to take distance from the US and Euro zone

  

  Latin American stocks marked their own course on Wednesday as the region remained relatively distant to turmoil in the United States and Europe.

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 06:27 UTC

  Snow storms in Magallanes have left 300.000 sheep and 9.200 cattle at risk

  

  Almost 300.000 sheep and 9.200 cattle are exposed to serious life risk following heavy snow storms which covered the Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile with a white blanket anywhere between 70 and 150 centimetres thick.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 18:03 UTC

  Chilean students with unions support announce a new round of demonstrations

  

  Chilean students organization with the support of unions have announced a new round of demonstrations while the conservative government of President Sebastián Piñera reported on Wednesday the arrest of over 400 hundred protesters as violence erupted on the streets of Chile's capital along with other cities, during marches demanding changes in public education.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 17:54 UTC

  Venezuelan inflation soars 2.7% in July; accumulates 25.1% in twelve months

  

  Venezuelan July inflation, as measured by the national index INPC, came in on the high side of expectations at 2.7%, up from June.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 17:51 UTC

  Tourism second largest contributor to Cuban economy; 2.7 million expected in 2011

  

  Cuban revenue from tourism jumped 13% percent in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2010, the National Statistics Office, or ONE, reported on its Web site.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:45 UTC

  ECLAC anticipates mild global recession with slower growth impact in Latam

  

  The United Nations Economic Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC warned on Tuesday that markets’ volatility will “persist” particularly because of the default-threat from several European countries.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:20 UTC

  UN reaffirms the rights of the World’s 370 million Indigenous Peoples

  

  On the Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the United Nations reaffirms the rights of indigenous peoples and the shared commitment to advance the values of equity, justice and dignity for all.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 01:10 UTC

  President Piñera loosing the education reform battle with Chilean students

  

  Chilean riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Tuesday to disperse violent protesters of an originally peaceful student demonstration that turned wild in the capital Santiago. Police said 273 protestors were detained and 23 police officers injured.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 12:58 UTC

  Brazil Defence minister wants the South Atlantic as a peace zone shared with Africa

  

  Brazil’s new Defence minister Celso Amorim said he plans closer links with Unasur (Union of South American Nations) and Africa to ensure the South Atlantic turns into a peace zone free of weapons of mass destruction.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 12:47 UTC

  Invasive Asian mollusc advances along Argentine coast threatening food chain

  

  An invasive Asian mollusc, Rapana Venosa, is rapidly expanding along the Argentine coastline threatening local ecosystems and fishing activities according to Argentine marine biologists from the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, Conicet.