Latin America

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s name sounds strongly as next Unasur secretary general

  

  Following the death of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, the Union of South American Nations, Unasur must find a new consensus leader and the outstanding figure and possible candidate is Brazilian president Lula da Silva recognized as a great promoter of regional integration.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 05:12 UTC

  Centre-left victory in Lima anticipates major changes in Peruvian politics

  

  The battle to be mayor of Lima, finally won by Susana Villaran, may have been the tightest electoral race in Peru's history. It was certainly one of the most drawn-out. <br />
  Electoral officials took more than three weeks to recount 8,384 ballots that were challenged over technical errors such as missing fingerprints and signatures on tally sheets.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 06:17 UTC

  South American presidents give their full support to Cristina Kirchner

  

  South American Presidents of Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and Paraguay met Thursday at the wake of former Argentine president Néstor Kirchner, where they expressed their condolences to widow and current Head of State Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 04:49 UTC

  Timerman anticipates Cristina Fernandez will run for re-election in 2011

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman anticipated that Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be again president of all Argentines, although admitting that the decision to be or not to be a candidate “rests on her”.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 03:50 UTC

  New US ambassador praises Chile as a model of stability

  

  In his first press conference in Santiago, new U.S. ambassador to Chile Alejandro Wolff said that the miners’ rescue impressed him greatly.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:59 UTC

  Unasur presidents confirm presence at wake ceremony

  

  Several Latin American presidents expressed sorrow for former President Néstor Kirchner's death and pledged to be present in the country for the upcoming wake of the UNASUR Secretary-General.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:55 UTC

  Unasur members declare three days of national mourning

  

  The Chilean government announced three days of national mourning to honour former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner who died of a massive stroke Wednesday morning at his home in El Calafate, Patagonia.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:32 UTC

  LAN profits soar and plans to invest 7.7 billion USD to double its fleet

  

  LAN Airlines which this week reported a doubling of third-quarter profit plans to invest 7.72 billion US dollars through 2018 to more than double its fleet as Latin American passenger and cargo traffic recovers.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:01 UTC

  LAN Airlines completes acquisition of second largest operator in Colombia

  

  Chile’s flag carrier, LAN Airlines announced Wednesday an agreement to acquire 98.942% of the outstanding shares of Colombian airline AIRES, through the purchase of its parent entities.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 04:44 UTC

  An overwhelming majority of Chileans accept cohabitation before marriage

  

  Eighty-seven percent of Chileans believe that single mothers are capable of raising children just as well as married couples or mothers with partners, according to a recent survey. Support for men as single parents is similarly strong, as 79 percent of those surveyed believe the same of single fathers.