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Former military ruler Augusto Pinochet, who is 91 years old, recently sufferedanother heart attack, which landed him in serious condition after surgery. This occurred just a week... 2006-12-05

Following a three-day union strike at gas fields in the south of the country, Argentina temporarily halted natural gas exports to Chile. The supply was, however, resumed after the... 2006-12-01

The corruption trial against former President Luis Gonzales Macchi collapsed, after the court failed to sentence the defendant on 20 November, which was the deadline set for the final... 2006-12-01

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank (WB), stated on November 22 that it will provide a loan worth US$520mn for the construction... 2006-12-01

Carlos Rovira's party, the Frente Renovador (FR), lost Misiones' General Assembly elections on 29 October to the opposition, led by the Frente Unidos por la Dignidad. The local election... 2006-11-06

The government has recently faced the largest strike action throughout Uruguay since President Tabare Vazquez's victory in 2005. At the end of October, ten of thousands of truck and... 2006-11-06

Former President Augusto Pinochet was put under house arrest after Judge Alejandro Solis ordered his arrest in late October. Solis ordered the detention for 36 cases of kidnapping,... 2006-11-06

The President of Congress, Enrique Gonzales, stressed that the military cooperation between Bolivia and Venezuela signed on 26 May 2006, which includes the construction of several... 2006-11-06

The Bachelet government's 2007 budget contains the biggest rise in spending since 1990. Given the recent strikes in the health and education sector, the government appears to have... 2006-10-11

The Spanish company Ence announced that it will not construct its paper pulp mill directly in Fray Bentos, but will relocate five miles further downstream, in order to reduce the... 2006-10-09