25/04/2012 | Latin America

Pinochet testament opened in Chile, no clues on the General’s fortune

The last will of Chile’s former dictator general Augusto Pinochet was opened in a Chilean court today despite of the family’s protest today. According to judicial sources, the testament had no information on the whereabouts of the late dictator’s fortune.

24/04/2012 | Latin America

Chávez 'alive and kicking' in Cuba, pictures released

Photos released by the Venezuelan government showed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez wearing a track suit and strolling in a garden in Havana with Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro, playing bowls with his brother, Adán, and kissing a crucifix as he hugged his daughter, María Gabriela.

23/04/2012 | Latin America

Cuba plans massive shift to 'non-state' sector

Cuba will move nearly 50 percent of the state's economic activity to the "non-state" sector, a senior Communist party official said, the latest signal the island is headed toward a mixed economy.

23/04/2012 | Latin America

Peru reviews Van der Sloot extradition request

Peru is evaluating a request to extradite Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot to the United States in connection with the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, his lawyer said.

23/04/2012 | Latin America

Venezuela's Chávez calls home to squash death rumors

A healthy-sounding President Hugo Chávez called Venezuelan state television from Cuba to dispel rumors fanned by a nine-day silence that he had died undergoing cancer treatment at a hospital in Havana.

22/04/2012 | Latin America

Brazil's Rousseff achieves record approval, media

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's administration reached a record-high approval rating in April but voters still long for the return of predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a newspaper reported.

22/04/2012 | Latin America

Peru's Humala gains in poll on kidnap, mine rescues

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala's approval rating climbed to 56 percent in April, boosted by the release of energy industry workers kidnapped by Shining Path rebels, an Ipsos Apoyo poll showed on Sunday.

21/04/2012 | Latin America

Fifteen killed in northern Mexican bar shootout

Fifteen people were killed and at least one seriously wounded in a suspected drug-related shootout on Friday in a bar in northern Mexico, a region that has been brutalized by fighting between criminal gangs.

21/04/2012 | Latin America

Popocatepetl spews smoke, ash: alerts issued

20/04/2012 | Latin America

43 killed in Mexico after truck, bus collide

At least 43 people were killed when a cargo truck crashed into a bus on a highway in eastern Mexico, in one of the worst traffic accidents the country has suffered in recent years.