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SANTIAGO, Chile | Michelle Bachelet has an approval rating of almost 80 percent - an honor few sitting presidents of the world can boast of - but she is not on the ballot for the presidential election Sunday. Ms. Bachelet's four-year term is nearing its end because Chilean law does not permit a president to serve consecutive terms. Sundays election, therefore, is hotly contested, with a wealthy ...
The latest Mexico Oil & Gas Report forecasts that the country will account for 24.10% of Latin America regional oil demand by 2014, while providing 23.20% of supply.
(RTTNews) - Center-right billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera has beaten three leftist candidates in Chile's presidential election Sunday, but could not gain 50% votes required to avoid a run-off against ruling center-left coalition's Eduardo Frei in January.
On a visit to Brazil in September 2008, President Hugo Chávez admitted that his long-proposed ‘pipeline of the south' natural gas project was unlikely to happen.
The latest Venezuela Oil & Gas Report forecasts that the country will account for 8.80% of Latin America regional oil demand by 2014, while providing 26.63% of supply.
A strong financial position has allowed Chile's government to move forward at full speed with infrastructure projects, placing Chile ahead of its neighbours in Latin America. However, 2009 still represents a difficult year for the industry.
The year-on-year growth rate in Chile fell further in Q109 seeing 7.4% y-o-y growth in mobile subscriptions compared with just over 8.5% reported throughout 2008. The number of net additions fell sharply as the Chilean mobile market moves slowly to 100% penetration.
Milan, Italy - Italian Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi ordered Monday the morning papers from his hospital room where he is recovering from facial injuries sustained during an assault Sunday. An exhausted Berlusconi suffered from a strong headache...
In a vote that could signal the end of the center-left coalition that has governed Chile since the end of the Pinochet military dictatorship, right-wing Chilean billionaire Sebastian Pinera came out on top in Sunday's presidential election, setting the stage for a runoff with former President Eduardo Frei next month.
(AP) -- A trial is set to begin in a lawsuit filed by five Liberians who claim they were tortured by the son of former President Charles Taylor.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil aims to reach an accord with Peru by March on a $5 billion power project to secure energy supplies as economic growth picks up, a minister said.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he is "positively considering" a request to extend a U.N. investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for an additional three months.
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he is "positively considering" a request to extend a U.N. investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for an additional three months.
Jemez Pueblo is ready to study the geothermal energy potential locked thousands of feet beneath its rural reservation in northern New Mexico, but the federal government has yet to deliver the stimulus funds needed to start the work.
JEMEZ PUEBLO, N.M. - Jemez Pueblo is ready to study the geothermal energy potential locked thousands of feet beneath its rural reservation in northern New Mexico, but the federal government has yet to deliver the stimulus funds needed to start the work.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s credit rating was cut one level by Standard & Poor’s after tumbling oil output and the worst recession since the 1930s swelled the budget deficit.
