Tourism

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 18:42 UTC

  As volcanic ash cloud recedes air traffic returning to normal in Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Regular operations have gradually resumed at the main airports of Buenos Aires and in Montevideo’s Carrasco air terminal, where most flights had been cancelled since Sunday due to ash cloud generated from Chile's volcano eruption, authorities said.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 03:57 UTC

  Volcanic ash forces flights’ suspension at Argentina and Uruguay main airports

  

  Argentina and Uruguay suspended flights at major airports Sunday due to dangerous ash from neighbouring Chile's Puyehue volcano, which has disrupted global travel since it erupted earlier this year.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:41 UTC

  Brazil sets tough rules for three airport terminals concessions

  

  Operators interested in running Brazil's largest airport will be required to make a minimum bid of 1.3 billion dollars, Brazil's aviation authority said on Thursday.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 05:43 UTC

  Massive car crash in Chile involves 51 vehicles kills 5 and injures over 50

  

  In Chile a massive car crash involving 23 trucks, 17 smaller vehicles and 11 buses left at least five dead and many others injured Wednesday morning, local authorities report. The accident occurred just past 7 a.m. at the turnoff for Algarrobo on the eastbound side of Route 68, which connects coastal Valparaíso to Santiago.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 05:40 UTC

  Chile ranks last for income and education in OECD report

  

  Chile was ranked last for income, education and the quality of environment, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or OECD report on well-being released Oct. 12.

• Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 05:58 UTC

  Uruguayan president on ten-day European trade and business tour

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica left on Tuesday for a ten day visit to Europe that will take him to Sweden, Norway, Germany and Belgium, where he is expected to promote trade, investments and economic development.

• Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 05:54 UTC

  Mapuche Indians mourn the day Columbus set foot in the Americas

  

  More than then thousand people marched in the Chilean capital Santiago in support of the indigenous Mapuche people. The protest marked the 519th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, the start of the Spanish conquest.

• Saturday, October 8th 2011 - 09:29 UTC

  LAN surprises restaurant patrons with free roundtrip tickets to South America

  

  LAN Airlines, South America's premier airline, has just surprised patrons of New York restaurant Nuela with tickets to the region. Close to 200 unsuspecting diners were presented with vouchers that can be redeemed for one roundtrip ticket to such thrilling destinations as Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 21:59 UTC

  Boost for cruise industry: vessels can operate casinos in Chilean waters

  

  The Chilean Senate unanimously approved this week the bill allowing cruise vessels to operate their onboard casinos while sailing in Chilean waters.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 16:52 UTC

  Chavez will seize summer homes on the Caribbean to promote state-run tourism

  

  President Hugo Chavez said his government would seize private homes on the idyllic Los Roques archipelago in the Caribbean and use them for state-run tourism in the latest move to implant socialism across Venezuela.