8 December: Venezuelan president
Hugo Chávez visits Argentina to discuss Venezuela's integration into
Mercosur, and the possibility of a gas pipeline between the two countries.
(BBC)
28 October:
Cuban television shows images of convalescing leader
Fidel Castro walking and reading the day's newspapers showing that he is recovering from his emergency surgery in July.
(Reuters),
(BBC)
25 October: Venezuela - The government proposes to end its search for a seat on the
UN security council if Guatemala does too. Guatemala opposes the idea.
(BBC)
18 October:
Chilean police detain 366 high school student protestors in
Santiago, and use tear gas and water cannons to disperse their one day strike which called on the government to reform the education law, originally enacted under
Augusto Pinochet.
(Deutsche Presse-Agentur)
7 October: Buenos Aires - Citizens demonstrate for the return of
Jorge Julio Lopez, who has disappeared since testifying against figures from the
Argentine government.
(BBC)
6 October: A truce is called in
Bolivia after a
dynamite battle between rival groups of tin miners kills 16 people in the department of
Oruro, with another 60 people injured.
PresidentEvo Morales sacks his mining minister for not anticipating the violence.
(ABC News Australia)
6 October:
Tijuana, Mexico - The entire city is to be searched to find anyone who is involved in drug smuggling.
(BBC)
20 September:
Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chávez, addressing the
United Nations 61st General Assembly, said 'Yesterday the devil was here, and today it still smells of sulfur at this podium,' in reference to US President George W. Bush.
15 September: Bolivia - Andres Soli, the man in charge of Bolivia's nationalisation programme for its oil and gas reserves, resigns.
(news.yahoo.com)
August
30 August: Panama - The scheme to widen the canal causes a massive increase in job applicants to help work on the construction.
(People's Daily Online)
16 August: Uruguay - Health workers of the Uruguayan Health Federation strike in protest about an alleged reneging on an increased pay deal by bosses.
(From El País Uruguay)
4 August: Chile - Despite a strike planned for next Monday, workers at the biggest privately-owned copper mine in the world, the Escondida mine, have submitted a settlement to managers.
(BBC)
24 June: Colombia - FARC announce they are prepared to negotiate with the
government if it ends attacks on them.
(BBC)
23 June: Brazil - In Cantanduvas, the first of a new, more secure type of prison, created in response to
First Capital Command violence, is opened.
(BBC)
8 December: Venezuelan president
Hugo Chávez visits Argentina to discuss Venezuela's integration into
Mercosur, and the possibility of a gas pipeline between the two countries.
(BBC)
28 October:
Cuban television shows images of convalescing leader
Fidel Castro walking and reading the day's newspapers showing that he is recovering from his emergency surgery in July.
(Reuters),
(BBC)
25 October: Venezuela - The government proposes to end its search for a seat on the
UN security council if Guatemala does too. Guatemala opposes the idea.
(BBC)
18 October:
Chilean police detain 366 high school student protestors in
Santiago, and use tear gas and water cannons to disperse their one day strike which called on the government to reform the education law, originally enacted under
Augusto Pinochet.
(Deutsche Presse-Agentur)
7 October: Buenos Aires - Citizens demonstrate for the return of
Jorge Julio Lopez, who has disappeared since testifying against figures from the
Argentine government.
(BBC)
6 October: A truce is called in
Bolivia after a
dynamite battle between rival groups of tin miners kills 16 people in the department of
Oruro, with another 60 people injured.
PresidentEvo Morales sacks his mining minister for not anticipating the violence.
(ABC News Australia)
6 October:
Tijuana, Mexico - The entire city is to be searched to find anyone who is involved in drug smuggling.
(BBC)
20 September:
Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chávez, addressing the
United Nations 61st General Assembly, said 'Yesterday the devil was here, and today it still smells of sulfur at this podium,' in reference to US President George W. Bush.
15 September: Bolivia - Andres Soli, the man in charge of Bolivia's nationalisation programme for its oil and gas reserves, resigns.
(news.yahoo.com)
August
30 August: Panama - The scheme to widen the canal causes a massive increase in job applicants to help work on the construction.
(People's Daily Online)
16 August: Uruguay - Health workers of the Uruguayan Health Federation strike in protest about an alleged reneging on an increased pay deal by bosses.
(From El País Uruguay)
4 August: Chile - Despite a strike planned for next Monday, workers at the biggest privately-owned copper mine in the world, the Escondida mine, have submitted a settlement to managers.
(BBC)
24 June: Colombia - FARC announce they are prepared to negotiate with the
government if it ends attacks on them.
(BBC)
23 June: Brazil - In Cantanduvas, the first of a new, more secure type of prison, created in response to
First Capital Command violence, is opened.
(BBC)