Latin America

Wednesday, October 13th 2010 - 07:22 UTC
Crime rates and lack of safety in streets the main concerns of Latinamericans

The Organization of American States (OAS) assured Tuesday that democracy in Latin American countries have taken a step back due to the increasing lack of safety in the streets as well the crime rates within the region.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:49 UTC
Netherlands Antilles disappear, become autonomous within the Kingdom

Dutch Caribbean dependency the Netherlands Antilles has ceased to exist with a change of the five islands' constitutional status. Curacao and St Maarten have become autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, joining Aruba, which gained the status in 1986.
Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:42 UTC
Spanish, the third most common language in the web

Spanish is the third most common language in the web with 136 million users which represents 8% of the total number of internauts in the world, behind English (38%) and Chinese (22%) according to a report from Fundacion Telefonica New York.
Saturday, October 9th 2010 - 05:13 UTC
Americas loosing to Asia in the recovery of the European tourist market

With a 14th growth in tourist arrivals in the first half of the year Asia doubled the Americas (7.3%) in the industry’s rhythm of recovery and became the region’s main competitor for the European market, according to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization.
Saturday, October 9th 2010 - 02:05 UTC
Latam helps “rebalance” world economy by appreciating its currencies

Latin America did its homework and allowed its currencies to appreciate sufficiently in order to contribute to the balance of global growth, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist for the region, Nicolás Eyzaguirre, announced.
Saturday, October 9th 2010 - 00:44 UTC
Chilean inflation jumps 0.4% in September pushed by food prices

Monthly inflation in Chile quickened as the cost of food and beverages rose the most in at least 20 months. Consumer prices rose 0.4% in September from a month earlier, the National Statistics Institute, INE, said Friday compared to a 0.1% decline in August. Food and beverage prices rose 1.4 percent last month.
Saturday, October 9th 2010 - 00:32 UTC
Tuesday, should be Rescue Day for the 33 Chilean trapped miners

Chilean rescue teams hope to start evacuating next Tuesday the 33 miners who have been trapped 700 metres underground for two months in a survival story that has gripped the world.
Saturday, October 9th 2010 - 00:15 UTC
US dollar steady decline in Chile linked to rising copper prices

The US dollar’s value against the Chilean peso experienced a sharp drop in the second semester of 2010. The exchange rate has been on a steady decline, devaluing by 63 pesos since July, until closing Wednesday at 482.7 pesos to the dollar – which was a daily drop of 0.4 pesos.
Friday, October 8th 2010 - 20:35 UTC
Chile announces drastic cuts in catch quotas, raps private sector for over-fishing

An immediate drastic reduction in fishing capture quotas and adapting to the new reality was announced this week by Chile’s Minister of Economy Juan Andres Fontaine who unexpectedly participated in the Chilean National Fisheries Council meeting.
Friday, October 8th 2010 - 00:36 UTC
Nobel Literature Prize for Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa

The 2010 Nobel literature prize winner Peruvian born author Mario Vargas Llosa said that he felt “a great joy'' when he was called with the news, but at first, he thought it might be a joke, ”I thought I had been completely forgotten by the Academy. I didn't even know the prize was being given this month.''