South America

Madonna returns to Argentina 12 years after filming Evita

By Beth Hardie, Mirror.co.uk 3/12/2008 Madonna has returned to Argentina, where she filmed Evita 12 years ago. The Queen of Pop landed in Buenos Aires for the Latin American leg of her world tour with all three of her children,...

CORRECTED - (OFFICIAL)-UPDATE 2-Telecom Italia to sell assets, cut workforce

ROME, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Debt-burdened Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI: ), Europe's fifth-biggest telecoms provider, will shed non-core assets worth up to $3.82 billion and cut 5 percent of its workforce in a bid to slash borrowings and...

Key Chavez opponent faces charges

Prosecutors in Venezuela have summoned one of the country's main opposition leaders to appear before a judge on 11 December to face corruption charges. Manuel Rosales, the outgoing governor of the oil-rich state of Zulia, is...

Giant flying reptile – terror of Cretaceous skies

Soaring overhead in the Cretaceous skies with taut leathery wings longer than a family car, they would have made an unnerving sight. Now scientists, analysing a fossil that had lain for years after its discovery in a German...

US-based Latin Americans keen on mobile money transfer - survey

Latin Americans living in the USA are keen to adopt money transfer using the less traditional method of a mobile phone, according to a survey commissioned by Upaid, the leading mobile payments provider. During tough economic...

MonArc Corporation (MONA) - Launches Peru Subsidiary WebSite

PIURA, Peru, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mon Arc Corporation http://www.monacorporation.com/ and http://www.andrea-sa.com/ PINKSHEETS: MONA.PK is pleased to announce the launch of the website for its new operating...

UPDATE 6-T.Italia eyes asset sales of nearly $4 bln, cuts jobs

To shed non-core assets worth nearly $4 bln * To cut further 5 percent of its workforce * Still intends to grow in Brazil, keep fixed-line network * Reiterates no plans for capital increase (Adds details from news conference)...

UPDATE 1- Brazil's Vale lays off 1,300 workers

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Brazilian miner Vale said on Wednesday it is laying off 1,300 workers and will put 5,500 more on paid leave as the world's largest iron ore producer grapples with plunging demand from steel mills.

Argentine president to visit Russia Dec. 8-10

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MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will pay a visit to Russia on December 8-10, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. Talks between the presidents have been slated for...

Pleased to greet you: recommended greeter schemes around the world

Where can a traveller find a friendly greeter to show them the sights? Try these for starters, says Vicky Baker Walk the streets ... Buenos Aires' Cicerones greeter scheme is a good way to get to grips with the city....

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