Latin America

• Tuesday, September 20th 2011 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazil deploys 7.000 troops along southern borders to combat organized crime

  

  The Brazilian government displayed this weekend thousands of troops with air support along the borders with Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in a concerted effort to combat organized crime.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 22:07 UTC

  Bolivian president blasts the UN and the “Insecurity Council” on Libya

  

  Bolivian president Evo Morales blasted United Nations and the Security Council for having approved military actions against Libya, an issue which he promised to consider when he addresses the General Assembly in New Your.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 20:52 UTC

  Chile and Argentine armies complete survival and SAR exercise in Antarctica

  

  Following on eleven days of activities including search and rescue operations and survival in Antarctic territory, Chilean and Argentine army patrols ended on Sunday the “SAR Land 2011” exercise in the framework of the Argentine-Chilean combined Antarctic rescue patrol program, Paracach.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:24 UTC

  Flights to Bariloche in Argentine Patagonia back to normal after 4 months of ashes

  

  After months of inconveniences and troubles caused by the Chilean Puyehue volcano eruption, an airplane finally touched down Saturday at the airport tarmac of the Argentine Patagonia sky resort of Bariloche.

• Saturday, September 17th 2011 - 07:25 UTC

  Chilean mayor trip to the ‘Falklands’ causes major uproar in Tierra del Fuego

  

  Tierra del Fuego provincial authorities in the extreme south of Argentina confirmed they would not be participating Sunday in Chile’s 201 independence anniversary in protest over statements from a local mayor who referred to the Malvinas Islands as Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, September 17th 2011 - 02:50 UTC

  Chile leaves benchmark rate unchanged, but warns about tight labor market

  

  Chile’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged this week for the third straight month and indicated that a tight labor market may prevent it from following Brazil and cutting rates next month.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 21:28 UTC

  Spanish corporations have 130 billion dollars invested in Latin America

  

  Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez emphasized this week the growing relevance of Spain in Latin America, where Spanish firms have made 130 billion Euros worth of investments.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 21:13 UTC

  Chavez to undergo new chemotherapy, but promises he will never shut-up

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said this week that he will probably have to undergo a fourth cycle of chemotherapy for cancer, but insisted that he will campaign for re-election next year “with the energy that circumstances require”.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 21:03 UTC

  Obama defends his policy towards Latin America and praises Mexico

  

  US president Barack Obama defended his Latin American policy, praised Mexico’s resilience in the drugs war, criticized Cuban reforms as insufficient and emphasized the ‘equals-relation’ between countries in the region and Washington.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 20:52 UTC

  JPMorgan lowers Latin America’s growth estimate for 2012 to 3.5%

  

  US bank JPMorgan lowered Latin America’s growth estimate for 2012 from 3.9% to 3.5% mainly because of the impact of the slower EU and US economies, even when the Latam reduction is less than in other regions of the world.