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+ Earth's highest microbial life found around volcanic vents in Atacama Desert + Washington, June 20 : A team of scientists has found that the highest microbial life on Earth appears to be in South America, around ...

+ Snow storm strands hundreds of drivers on Argentina-Chile border + A snow storm fanned by high wind stranded some 700 trucks along the border area between Argentina and Chile on Friday. In the ...

+ Argentina reports its 7th death from swine flu + (AP) — BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's health authorities has confirmed a new death from swine flu, raising the country's total to seven. ...

+ Swine flu continues march in Latin America + Countries across Latin America reported more swine flu cases on Friday, more than a month after the outbreak first became known. In ...

+ Argentine golden shipwreck found + A vessel which sank carrying $18m (£11m) in gold and silver ingots has been found in the Magellan Straits off the coast of ...

+ Bank of China in pact to expand infrastructure, trade finance in Latin America + The Bank of China (BOC), the nation's third-largest bank by market value, will expand services in Latin America through a new deal ...

+ Mexican stocks turn lower; bank cuts key rate + LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Mexican stocks fell Friday, losing grip on earlier gains that had followed an interest-rate cut by the ...

+ Green Parties Going It Alone + BUENOS AIRES, Jun 20 (IPS) - Fed up of waiting for existing parties to take up the cause of sustainable development and establish ...

+ Latin America reports one death, 666 new cases of A/H1N1 flu + MEXICO CITY, June 18 (Xinhua) -- One death and 666 new cases of the A/H1N1 influenza were confirmed in Latin America on Thursday. ...

+ Latin America stocks largely higher on US data + Latin American stocks inched largely higher on Thursday as U.S. jobless claims fell and economic data improved, suggesting a recovery ...

+ Special Committee On Decolonization Unanimously Approves Text Calling For Direct Negotiations Over Falkland Islands + Having heard a statement by the Foreign Minister of Argentina in addition to petitioners from the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), the ...

+ LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign Announces Outstanding Commitments to Cervical Cancer Control in Africa and Latin America + http://www.livestrongblog.org AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - June 18, 2009) - Today the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) announced ...

+ RIDGID Launches Its "Reputation Roadshow" With 22 Stops Throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America + ELYRIA, OH--(Marketwire - June 18, 2009) - This May, RIDGID® kicked off its Reputation Roadshow. The events feature new RIDGID ...

+ Brazil, Chile gaining as U.S. data improves + LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Latin American equity markets rose Thursday, aided by gains on Wall Street on data that highlighted an ...

+ Dragon Oil Secures Astra Jackup for Cheleken Devt in Caspian Sea + (Click to Enlarge) Dragon Oil has signed a contract with BKE Shelf Limited to hire the Astra jackup rig for a period of six months ...

+ SCAN Kicks Off 3D Seismic Operations in South America + SCAN has signed a Letter of Intent for a 3D seismic operation in the South American region utilizing SCAN's multi-purpose 3D vessel, ...

+ The glass empties for the Kirchners + Reuters UNTIL about three months ago, as the southern-hemisphere summer drew to a close, Argentines had expected an autumn of relative ...

+ Microsoft Latin America Teams up with Children International to Teach Under-Served Children in the Dominican Republic + to teach 50 children who have grown up challenged by poverty the basics of technology, and support another 48 graduates, mothers and ...

+ TI to exit Argentine fixed line market + Telecom Italia (TI) is reportedly looking to divest its 50% stake in Sofora Telecommunications, the holding company which controls ...

+ Dragon Oil Signs Pact With BKE Shelf To Hire Astra Jack-Up Rig + -(Dow Jones)- Dragon Oil PLC (DGO.LN), an international oil and gas exploration and production company, said Thursday that it has ...

+ Argentina may move World Cup games to Rosario + Argentina may move its remaining 2010 World Cup qualifiers from Buenos Aires to the city of Rosario after coach Diego Maradona earlier ...

+ True Payday Lending Reform Not an Option for Mendoza, Senate Banking + /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Senate Banking Committee today approved AB 377 after much debate, a measure disguised as reform of the ...

+ Discover all of South America with LAN's Airpass + LAN has this year expanded its popular South America Airpass by adding two booking class options and new routes domestically and ...

+ Recovery concerns weigh on stocks; Chile lower + LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Latin American equity markets fell Wednesday, with resources stocks struggling as concerns about the early ...

+ Falklands conscripts recall torture and death at hands of officers + He was 18 when the brutal junta in Argentina sent him to fight in the Falklands. Mario Oscar Nuñez would come to remember ...

+ Gender Equality Requires Quotas + MADRID, Jun 17 (IPS) - Laws stipulating a minimum number of women in public posts are essential for achieving gender equality, ...

+ Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Engine + BUENOS AIRES, Jun 17 (IPS/IFEJ) - A town in Argentina has launched a programme that requires restaurants and other food producers to ...

+ Uruguay Telephone & Electric Awards Unified Communications Contract to VoiceInterop and TeleData Uruguay + www.voiceinterop.com ), a provider of unified communications (UC) solutions, announced that it has been awarded a unified ...

+ France and Argentina upwardly mobile + France have jumped from eighth to fifth in the latest IRB World Rankings after defeating number one-ranked New Zealand 27-22 on ...

+ Argentine Glacier Advances Despite Global Warming + , Argentina (AP) - Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global ...

+ South America bears winter brunt of H1N1 pandemic + BUENOS AIRES: The H1N1 flu deaths of two people in Argentina and a mutation of the H1N1 virus detected in Brazil have added to fears ...

+ Holland America Offers Exciting New 2010 World Cruise Overland Adventures in South America, India and Far East + . Overland Adventures allow guests to extend their holiday or Grand World Voyage with an in-depth exploration of regions such as the ...

+ Argentina confirms 3 more H1N1 flu deaths + The Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Health authorities in Argentina have confirmed three more deaths from the H1N1 flu, ...

+ Flu deaths in Argentina add fears of pandemic in South America + BUENOS AIRES: The swine flu deaths of two people in Argentina and a mutation of the H1N1 virus detected in Brazil have added to fears ...

+ Latin American Minerals Signs Heads of Agreement to Option Its Tendal Massive Sulphide Zinc, Lead and Copper Project in Argentina + TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 16, 2009) - Latin American Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LAT) ("Latin American" or the "Company") is ...

+ Mexican stock declines accelerate; Brazil down + LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Losses among Mexican stocks accelerated Tuesday, with shares of Cemex SA sliding in the wake of the cement ...

+ Argentine baby first in country to die of H1N1 flu + BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine health officials said on Monday a three-month-old baby died of the new H1N1 flu virus, the first ...

+ UK family grieve flu death, Argentina fatality + Relatives of a swine flu patient who died at a hospital have spoken of their devastation as authorities appealed for calm over the ...

+ Stocks tumble as commodity prices sharply pullback + LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Latin American equities were hammered Monday, with resource stocks hit as a rise in the U.S. dollar hurt ...

+ Family greets dissident Cuban doctor in Argentina + Published Date: June 15, 2009 BUENOS AIRES: A dissident Cuban surgeon who had been denied permission to leave the island for more than ...

+ Passport Health/MA Warns International Travelers, "Be Vaccinated for Infectious Diseases Before Travel to Brazil, Mexico, South America and Africa" + Passport Health of Massachusetts , specialists in vaccinations against dread diseases faced by international travelers, is warning ...

+ Huracan win adds spice to Argentine title race + Huracan's win kept them one point behind leaders Velez Sarsfield and one ahead of Lanus with two games each to play.Lanus dropped from ...

+ Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier advances in face of rising global temperatures + this glacier for tourism purposes. There are hundreds of glaciers in the same park, almost all of which were receding. In fact a ...

+ Latin America Silent Amid Attacks on Media + Here's the most immediate threat to democracy in the Americas: a concerted move by authoritarian leaders to silence independent media ...

+ Argentina's Huracan moves up to 2nd after beating San Lorenzo + BUENOS AIRES, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Argentine soccer team Huracan defeated local league rival San Lorenzo 1-0 on Sunday to take second ...

+ Argentina accused of economic war + Argentina of waging a campaign of "economic warfare" against it.Speaking on the 27th anniversary of the end of the Falklands war, Mike ...