Argentina’s Fernandez Shuffles Cabinet After Election (Update2) (Bloomberg)
July 8 (Bloomberg) — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner shuffled her Cabinet last night, replacing the economy minister and Cabinet chief, following her ruling coalition’s defeat in mid-term elections.
PERU: Petroleum Sullies the Amazon
BAGUA, Peru, Jul 3 (IPS/IFEJ) – “Now the fish are going to disappear,” said Luis Umpunchi, an Awajún Indian, one of about 20 people gathered around a broken oil pipeline in the Jayais community, in the northern Peruvian province of Amazonas.
LABOUR-URUGUAY: Stitching a Future Together
ROSARIO, Uruguay, Jul 5 (IPS) – The group of women cross this Uruguayan town every morning, some on bike and some on foot, on their way to CODEMUR, a women’s cooperative that resurrected a garment factory abandoned by its owners.
Highway concessionaires could compete with Trasandino Central, says Copsa – Argentina, Chile (Business News Americas)
Chilean highway concessionaires could submit a project to the public works ministry (MOP) to build an alternative “low-altitude” highway tunnel between Chile and Argentina, the president of Chilean concessionaires association Copsa, Herman Chadwick, told BNamericas.
Enjoy Raises $42 Million in First Chile IPO This Year (Update2) (Bloomberg)
July 8 (Bloomberg) — Enjoy SA , a Chilean casino operator, raised 23.1 billion pesos ($42 million) in the Santiago stock exchange’s first initial public offering this year.
Chilean Peso Trades Near 3-week Low Against Dollar (INO News)
(RTTNews) – Retreating from yesterday’s multi-day high of 537.25, the Chile’s currency declined against the US dollar in early New York trading on Wednesday. The Chilean peso fell to a 20-day low of 545.75 against the greenback around 8:40 am ET and the pair moved sideways thereafter.
BRAZIL: Women ‘Peace Workers’ in the Favelas
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 4 (IPS) – It’s another day marked by gunfire in the Morro da Providencia “favela”, one of the most dangerous slums in this Brazilian city, and the only area where people can move around in relative safety is in the lower part of the neighbourhood, towards the foot of the hill.
Soccer-South America roundup-Title deciders in Uruguay and Chile (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
The Uruguayan and Chilean championship finals are delicately poised with deciders to be played in midweek.
HEALTH-ARGENTINA: H1N1 Flu Puts Cheek Kiss Greeting on Hold
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 8 (IPS) – These days, people in the Argentine capital are largely avoiding the traditional greeting: a peck on the cheek. Doctor’s orders, amidst the fast spread of the H1N1 influenza virus, otherwise known as swine flu.
CARIBBEAN: Caricom Family Wooed by South American Cousins
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 6 (IPS) – The suspicions of several Caribbean leaders about Venezuela’s growing political and economic clout in the region boiled over last week as they met for their four-day annual summit in Guyana.
