A 13,000-mile drive south: NYC to Argentina (AP via Yahoo! News)
It was just like driving to work, except that I kept on going: From New York to Argentina, through 12 countries, for four months and more than 13,000 miles.
Banfi Vintners, America’s Leading Importer of Wines from Chile Moves Ahead with Major Contribution to Chilean … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OLD BROOKVILLE, N.Y.—-Banfi Vintners, a pioneering leader in the Chilean wine category, confirms plans to make a substantial contribution toward efforts to rebuild and rehabilitate victims of the recent and devastating earthquake in Chile.
Widespread power blackout hits Chile (CNN)
Much of Chile was in the dark Sunday after a blackout knocked out power to 90 percent of the country, CNN’s sister network in the country reported.
RIL, MRPL to buy OVL’s Venezuelan oil (The Hindu)
NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Limited (MRPL) have committed to buy up to 45 per cent of the crude oil to be produced by ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and its partners from Venezuelan oilfields.
Chile’s Solid Ground (Forbes)
The South American nation’s recipe for withstanding natural disaster.
Venezuelan website rejects leader’s allegations (Independent Online)
A Venezuelan website that was accused by President Hugo Chavez of spreading false reports of killings says the government is trying to restrict criticism.
Chile’s power grid unstable for a week: president (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Chile’s main power grid will remain “unstable” for the next seven days, President Sebastian Pinera said on Monday, a day after a massive outage left most the world’s top copper producer in the dark.
Chilean Peso Gains on Pinera Plan to Use Copper Savings Fund (Bloomberg)
March 15 (Bloomberg) — Chile’s peso rose after President Sebastian Pinera said he plans to tap the nation’s overseas savings and borrow in international debt markets to pay for reconstruction from last month’s earthquake.
Bolivia says it can’t afford to host Miss Universe pageant, drops bid (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
LA PAZ, Bolivia – Bolivia is dropping its bid to host the Miss Universe pageant because it would cost more than anticipated. President Evo Morales has lobbied foreign leaders to help him bring the glamorous contest to the impoverished South American nation.
Hugo Chavez wants Venezuela to be the next Internet-censoring country (Geek.com)
With Google looking likely to pull out of China within days thanks to that government’s oppressive censorship policies, it might look as if the health of the Internet as a free and open repository of information couldn’t quite get worse… but China’s not the only country interested in Internet censorship. According to media reports, Venezuelan [...]
RIL to buy oil from OVL’s Venezuela project (Business Standard India)
Reliance Industries and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd (MRPL) have committed to buy up to 45 per cent of the crude oil ONGC Videsh Ltd and its partners plan to produce from a Venezuelan oilfield.
