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Scepticism over inflation reporting at statistics agency

The opening of the controversial pulp mill on the Uruguay-Argentina border has been delayed, as the

The long-running diplomatic dispute between Argentina and Uruguay over the latter's construction of a pulp mill near the border is hotting up, as Finnish owner

President Nicanor Duarte has dismissed the opposition in the run up to the spring 2008 election, after the Concertación Nacional collapsed amid differences over which candidate it... 2007-09-11

On August 29 Chile's largest trade union, Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) called its first national strike since President Michelle Bachelet came to power. Motivating the action... 2007-09-11

The registration deadline for presidential election candidates on September 9 narrowed the list of contenders to 14, with few surprises. One prominent name, that of former President... 2007-09-11

Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez met with US officials in Montevideo on July 11 to discuss seeking closer ties between the two countries. Vázquez, who is currently the Mercosur... 2007-08-07

The most recent polls have shown no reversal of the longer-term trends in the Argentine presidential election campaign, although front-runner Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's support... 2007-08-07

Opposition candidate Fernando Lugo, riding high on opinion polls giving him 60% support, has declared that he favours a constitutional amendment that would allow an incumbent president... 2007-08-07

The problems surrounding the implementation of the Transantiago transport project continue to linger over President Michelle Bachelet's concertatión government. The president's approval... 2007-08-07