Category: Southern Cone
October 11, 2010 > Staff
Chilean Miners Expected To Be Rescued On Wednesday; Arguing Over Who Will Go Last
Today in Latin America Top Story — Engineers in Chile are reinforcing an escape shaft with the hope of freeing the 33 trapped miners by Wednesday, as the miners argue […] Read More >
October 6, 2010 > Staff
Brazilian Clown Needs To Pass Literacy Test For Congress
Today in Latin America Top Story — A popular Brazilian clown who got more votes than any other candidate for the country’s congress might be barred from taking his post, […] Read More >
October 4, 2010 > Staff
Brazilian Presidential Election To Go To Runoff; Dilma Rousseff Fails To Break 50 Percent Threshold
Today in Latin America Top Story — With 96 percent of the votes counted as of Sunday night, no winner has been declared in the Brazilian presidential election, according to […] Read More >
October 1, 2010 > Staff
Brazil’s Lula Da Silva’s Campaigning Is Propelling Dilma Rousseff To Presidency
Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, Brazil’s overwhelmingly popular president, has presided over eight years of economic growth and poverty reduction. For months now, he’s been trying to bestow that popularity […] Read More >
September 28, 2010 > David Mauro
Chile’s New Government Initiative Hopes To Attract Foreign Entrepreneurs
SANTIAGO — Chile’s Minister of Economy Juan Andres Fontaine touched down in the United States earlier this month on a mission of great national importance. Fontaine’s itinerary, however, did not […] Read More >
September 27, 2010 > Hugo Passarello Luna
The Legacy of Brazil’s Lula da Silva; A News Analysis
BUENOS AIRES — He couldn’t do it in 1989, in 1994, or in 1998. But on Oct. 27, 2002, the man who everyone in Brazil knew by the nickname “Lula” […] Read More >
September 8, 2010 > David Mauro
Chile’s Education Initiative Hopes To Attract More Qualified Teachers
SANTIAGO — Chile’s Minister of Education Joaquín Lavín recently announced a new set of proposals designed to make teaching a more attractive profession for the country’s top students. Lavín, a […] Read More >
August 17, 2010 > Mari Hayman
Nixon Administration Advocated Use of Death Squads in Uruguay, New Documents Indicate
NEW YORK — Forty years after U.S. AID official Dan Mitrione was kidnapped and executed by Uruguayan guerillas, nine declassified State Department documents prove that high-level officials in the Nixon […] Read More >
August 16, 2010 > Staff
Paraguay’s President Lugo Optimistic About Health After First Cancer Treatment
Today in Latin America Top Story — Fernando Lugo is feeling optimistic that he can serve his full term as president of Paraguay, after finishing his first session of treatment for […] Read More >
August 2, 2010 > Staff
Mexico And Chile Recognize Honduran Government; OAS Report Influences Decision
Today in Latin America Top Story — A year after the coup that overthrew Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Latin American countries are beginning to recognize the new government in larger […] Read More >