Latin America

• Friday, August 20th 2010 - 02:49 UTC

  Chile, Brazil, Bolivia to open next November Mercosur bi-oceanic corridor

  

  Presidents from Chile, Brazil and Bolivia will be inaugurating next November a Mercosur bi-oceanic corridor that will link the three countries, connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific oceans.

• Friday, August 20th 2010 - 02:36 UTC

  A wealthy nation made up mostly of poor people overtaking Japan?

  

  Where world economy is concerned, August 16, 2010 will go down history as a significant date. On this day, Japan quietly ceded to China the coveted title as the world's second largest economy which it had held for four decades.

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 11:24 UTC

  Gigantic (US made) Chilean flag for bicentennial celebrations

  

  A gigantic Chilean flag, 18 meters wide and 27 meters long, is on its way to Chile from the United States.

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 06:00 UTC

  National Geographic wants to protect Chilean pristine marine life Island

  

  Chile’s Salas y Gómez Island has caught the attention of The National Geographic Society as one of the most pristine marine sites in the world.

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 03:11 UTC

  Latam’s business climate in July reached highest level in a decade

  

  Business climate in Latin America reached in July its highest level in a decade according to the joint report from Brazil’s Getulio Vargas Foundation and Germany’s Economic Research Institute (IFO) from the University of Munich.

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 02:42 UTC

  Peruvian court revokes parole of US woman linked to terrorist group

  

  A court in Peru has revoked parole for a US woman who was imprisoned for aiding a left-wing terrorist group. Lori Berenson turned herself into police after judges ordered that she be sent back to prison to finish the last five years of her 20-year sentence

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 19:47 UTC

  Chile’s investments abroad amount to 54 billion USD, mostly Latinamerica

  

  Chile's investment abroad amounted to about 54.2 billion US dollars between 1990 and June 2010, distributed among more than 70 countries from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Europe, according to a report released Monday by the General Directorate of International Economic Relations (DIRECON).

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 19:01 UTC

  Printed media also victim of Venezuelan rampant crime

  

  A judge in Venezuela has ruled that all printed news media cannot publish “violent, bloody or grotesque” photographs for the next 30 days because the pictures can cause psychological and moral harm to children.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 04:53 UTC

  Military exercise to defend the Panama Canal brings together 18 countries

  

  More than 2,000 civilian and military personnel from 18 countries began a 12-day exercise in Panama City Tuesday to train in a joint, multinational effort to defend the Panama Canal.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 04:40 UTC

  Constitutional Court says US/Colombia military accord must pass Congress

  

  Colombia's Constitutional Court suspended a deal giving US troops more access to Colombian bases, sending the agreement back to President Juan Manuel Santos to seek congressional approval.