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Former President Néstor Kirchner has been appointed as the first secretary general of Unasur after Uruguay decided to lift its veto of his nomination. While the appointment could... 2010-05-10

Head of Paraguay's secretariat for national emergencies, Camilo Soares, has been formally charged with producing fake travel expense claims following a trip to Madrid in 2008. While... 2010-05-06

Tensions over the relationship between the military and the government have come to the fore following President Sebastián Piñera's decision to nominate General Óscar Izurieta,... 2010-03-31

Argentina and Peru have resumed ties after 16 years of frosty relations. The relationship between the two countries turned sour in 1995 after Argentina allegedly sold weapons to Ecuador... 2010-03-31

The new Uruguayan parliament, which assumed power on February 15, will be led by women in both the houses. Senator Luica Topolansky, President José Mujica's wife, took the oath of... 2010-03-08

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has ordered all ornamental lights in the presidential palace to be switched off and called for state agencies to save energy in an effort to conserve... 2010-03-05

BMI View: January's print shows the first positive month-on-month growth in Chile's benchmark consumer price index, of 0.5%, since October. However, in year-on-year terms prices... 2010-03-05

BMI View: January's print shows the first positive month-on-month growth in Chile's benchmark consumer price index, of 0.5%, since October. However, in year-on-year terms prices... 2010-03-05

President-elect Sebastián Piñera has invited members of the outgoing Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia (CPD) coalition to join his centre-right government when it takes... 2010-02-05

With José Mujica's inauguration only weeks away, the president-elect has started to adopt a firmly leftist approach to his future cabinet. This contrasts starkly with his commitment... 2010-02-05