Latin America

Monday, September 5th 2011 - 10:02 UTC
Defense minister and lose aide of Raul Castro dies; 3 days national mourning

Gen. Julio Casas Regueiro, an accountant who fought in Cuba's revolution, then used his training to run the military's lucrative economic enterprises for two decades before becoming defense minister, has died, state television reported. He was 75.
Monday, September 5th 2011 - 05:56 UTC
Two-day national mourning in Chile for the victims of the plane crash at sea

Chile on Sunday declared two days of national mourning after rescuers gave up hope for 21 people believed killed when an air force plane crashed off Juan Fernandez (Robinson Crusoe) Island in the Pacific.
Monday, September 5th 2011 - 03:05 UTC
Chilean students will assess Piñera road map for education reform before next meeting

Chile's student organizations are waiting for the road map promised for Monday by government authorities following Saturday’s meeting with President Sebastian Piñera for nearly four hours in the government palace.
Sunday, September 4th 2011 - 00:36 UTC
Chile's Juan Fernadez plane crash, four bodies found

After the first four bodies were salvaged from the Chilean aircraft and new parts of the fuselage were found, near Juan Fernández islands, Mayor Leopoldo González deemed it impossible that there are any survivors to the accident. “The plane is 26 metres below the sea,” he explaine.
Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 08:19 UTC
Did Argentina Trade Visas for Holocaust Loot?

A new book about the darker side of Latin-American politics alleges some disturbing dealings between Argentina and Hitler’s cronies.
Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:58 UTC
Chilean military plane with 21 people crashes near Juan Fernandez Island

A military plane with 21 people aboard went missing off Chile's Pacific coast near the Juan Fernandez Islands, authorities said on Friday.
Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:55 UTC
Chile’s top cop steps down following disclosure of cover-up operation

Chile’s Carabineros police force General Director Eduardo Gordon resigned his position Friday morning following an exposé by investigative journalism website CIPER that alleged Gordon had covered up his son’s involvement in a hit-and-run accident in July of last year.
Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:18 UTC
Buenos Aires and Santiago, the most liveable cities in South America, says EIU

Montevideo figures in position 65 in the world ranking of most liveable cities elaborated by The Economist Intelligence Unit, (EIU) and which was released this week. Only Buenos Aires and Santiago figure ahead of the Uruguayan capital in positions 62 and 63 as the most liveable cities in South America.
Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 03:32 UTC
Iconic Chilean student leader meets Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff

Before the planned meeting with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera next Saturday, Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasília on Wednesday to discuss the problems facing the Brazilian and Chilean higher education systems.
Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 08:14 UTC
Food prices inflation in Latin America increases sustainedly says FAO

Annual food inflation in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 8.7% in July almost one full percentage point above the previous month according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO.