South America

07/08/2008  03:50 PM
Ecuadorian debt markets suffered sharp losses following the resignation of Fausto Ortiz, finance minister, and a government raid on two television stations in Quito, the capital  (read more)
07/08/2008  03:48 PM
Peru's army will be on the streets of its big cities, policing a general strike that comes just days after the third stoppage by miners in four months  (read more)
07/07/2008  03:59 PM
Non-governmental organisations active in Brazil will have to re-register with the government under regulations which have drawn criticism from campaigners  (read more)
07/07/2008  07:35 PM
Production at Mexico's Cantarell oil complex, one of the world's largest, has plummeted by a third in the past year, an indication the country could lose self-sufficiency in oil in the medium term  (read more)