Latin America – Chilean novelist Isabel Allende will speak at Authors! Authors! (The Toledo Blade)

Chilean novelist Isabel Allende will speak at Authors! Authors! (The Toledo Blade)
Popular Chilean novelist Isabel Allende will speak at 7 tonight at the Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., in the 2009 Authors! Authors! spring series presented by The Blade and arranged by the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. Her latest work is The Sum of Our Days. Tickets are $10, $8 for students, and are available at the door. They are in limited quantity. e Pianist Yuja Wang will …

Mudslide buries 25 homes in Peru, 30 feared dead (AP via Yahoo! News)
Peru’s civil defense says a mudslide has buried 25 homes in two towns in the northern highlands. As many as 30 people are missing.

CASA presents Trasandino Central feasibility studies to MOP – Argentina, Chile (Business News Americas)
Argentine firm Corporación América ( CASA ) has presented the feasibility studies for the construction of the Trasandino Central rail tunnel to Chile’s public works ministry ( MOP ), minister Sergio Bitar said at a seminar.

Soybeans Rally to Three-Month High on Lower Output in Argentina (Bloomberg)
April 16 (Bloomberg) — Soybeans climbed to a three-month high on speculation that declining production in Argentina may boost demand for supplies from the U.S., the world’s largest grower and exporter. Wheat also gained.

Paraguay bishop-turned-prez plans return to church (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Fernando Lugo said Wednesday that he will return to the Roman Catholic Church when his term ends, despite acknowledging he fathered a child while still a bishop in rural Paraguay.

Rains trigger deadly Peruvian mudslide (MSNBC)
A mudslide buried 25 homes in two towns in the northern highlands on Thursday, with as many as 30 people feared dead or missing, Peru’s civil defense official says.

Colombian Peso Climbs to Four-Week High; Peruvian Sol Advances (Bloomberg)
April 16 (Bloomberg) — Colombia’s peso rose to a four-week high on the prospect of increased inflows after the government’s sale of $1 billion in 10-year bonds in overseas markets this week.

Greenback slides to new multi-week low against Colombian peso (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) – The US dollar ticked down to a new multi-week low of 2345.50 against the Colombian peso by about 10:20 am ET Thursday.

Colombian Drug Lord Rendón Herrera Captured in Jungle Raid (Washington Post)
BOGOTA, Colombia, April 15 — Colombia’s most wanted drug lord was cowering under a palm tree when he was captured Wednesday in a jungle raid involving hundreds of police officers, the nation’s defense minister said.

Brazilian oil chief: unlikely to join OPEC soon (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Brazil is unlikely to join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries anytime soon, despite overtures from the cartel, the head of the nation’s state-run oil company said Thursday.

Brazil Retail Sales Grow Second Month as Crisis Eases (Update2) (Bloomberg)
April 16 (Bloomberg) — Brazil’s retail sales advanced for the second straight month in February, lessening the impact of the global financial crisis on Latin America’s largest economy.

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