Today in Latin America Top Story — Chile became one of the first countries to hand over highly enriched uranium (HEU) from its nuclear reactors to the United States for safe storage. The Associated Press reported the story yesterday, the same day that President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev signed a nuclear [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited Venezuela this weekend on a trip to strengthen bilateral ties. Putin and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed a number of accords, covering a range of subjects including energy, defense, transportation, education and technology. “Russia and Venezuela are on that path and we’ll [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Russia signed a deal with Venezuela to jointly develop an oil field in the country’s Orinoco River region, according to Business Week. Work in the Junín-6 field could begin this year and is reported to have the potential to produce 450,000 barrels of oil per day, according to [...]
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