Politics

• Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 07:58 UTC

  Strong unanimous support for the Palestine people from the Chilean senate

  

  Chile’s Senate voted unanimously against custom benefits for Israeli products coming from occupied Palestinian territory, and will formally ask President Sebastián Piñera to pass this bill.

• Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 02:58 UTC

  Four Chilean families concentrate 47% of assets in Santiago’s stock exchange

  

  Four families in Chile concentrate 47% of the assets of companies quoting in the Santiago Stock exchange according to a book titled “Towards an inclusive growth; economic policy proposals” written by economist Luis Eduardo Cerda.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 07:03 UTC

  Unasur, Argentina, Venezuela condemn car-bomb “terrorist action” in Colombia

  

  The Union of South American Nations, Unasur, Argentina and Venezuela were among several to condemn the car bomb attack perpetrated Thursday morning in the Colombian capital, Bogotá that left at least nine people injured and which President Juan Manuel Santos described as a “terrorist action”.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 07:00 UTC

  “Discriminatory trade” measures could limit Chinese interest in Argentina

  

  As China is gaining ever wider economic influence, Argentina runs the risk of losing the opportunity to benefit from the trend by keeping discriminatory measures against Chinese products, an Argentine expert warned.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 06:55 UTC

  San Jose tragedy: Piñera demands resignation of mining regulatory board

  

  Chilean president Sebastián Piñera called for the resignation of top officials from the national mining regulatory body (the National Geologic and Mining Service of Chile, Sernageomin) as a result of last Thursday’s mine collapse in northern Chile, where 33 miners remain trapped. Sernageomin’s national director, the regional director and the sub-director of were all named in the announcement.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 06:48 UTC

  Indian, Brazilian, South African navies in trilateral war games

  

  Four Indian warships are being dispatched for a two-month-long overseas deployment along the African coast this week, which will culminate in complex trilateral war games among Indian, Brazilian and South African navies.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 04:12 UTC

  Chilean ruling coalition senators condition approval of Unasur charter

  

  Senators from Chile’s coalition junior partner announced they support the approval of the Unasur, Union of South American Nations charter previous compliance with several ‘basic conditions’.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 02:49 UTC

  A festival of cricket for the Falklands

  

  The cricketers of the Falkland Islands may become regular visitors to Scotland if plans for further stagings of the 'Festival of the Three Falklands' cricket festival are realised, according to a report from the Live Cricket web site.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 02:44 UTC

  Valparaiso receives 140 thousand USD from Unesco for reconstruction efforts

  

  During the 34th convocation of the UNESCO World Heritage Foundation recently held in Brazil, members discussed the importance of reconstruction efforts in the Chilean coastal city of Valparaíso, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the aftermath of February’s earthquake.

• Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 21:59 UTC

  Uruguay former guerrillas and retired military officers on reconciliation path

  

  Uruguay’s Defence minister and former guerrilla leader Luis Rosadilla, and retired military officers made a huge “shared” reconciliation gesture when they agreed to forget pending bills, look to the future and establish a constructive dialogue.