Chile

Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (C) on Sept. 15
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Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez (C) on Sept. 15
Colombia, Ecuador: Thawing in Relations
October 9, 2009 1529 GMT
Colombian and Ecuadorian ministers are meeting to discuss improving relations. [more]
Situation Reports
Peru: Chilean Officers Ordered Arrested For Spying
November 14, 2009 1824 GMT
Chile: President Visits Shanghai
November 12, 2009 1653 GMT
Chile, China: Presidents To Sign Cooperation Pacts
November 11, 2009 1448 GMT
South Korea, Chile: Leaders Agree To Revise Free Trade Pact
November 11, 2009 0614 GMT
Chile: Bomb Threat Near Israeli Embassy Causes Evacuations
November 4, 2009 1526 GMT
More Situation Reports
photo -- Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez in Ecuador on Sept. 7
Chile, Peru: A Persistent Maritime Territorial Dispute
October 8, 2009 1449 GMT
Neither Santiago nor Lima has much to gain from real confrontation, but both governments can win domestic support by criticizing each other. (With STRATFOR map) [more]
A cutting model of a Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle's battery module on June 5
Global Economy: The Geopolitics of Car Batteries
August 17, 2009 1157 GMT
Lithium's growing popularity as a material for car batteries will make countries with large lithium deposits more important to the global economy. [more]
Leaders from the Andean Community of nations
Latin America: Disparate Goals and a Spate of FTAs
November 13, 2008 1203 GMT
Failed talks between the Andean Community and the European Union show how difficult it is for Latin America to advance regional trade. [more]
Trucker south of Santiago protest rising gasoline prices in June
Argentina: Passing on the Costs of a Declining Industry
July 15, 2008 2246 GMT
Argentina has doubled the price of the natural gas it sells to Chile, passing on the costs of a declining industry to its neighbor. This will only be a short-term fix, however, as Chile looks forward to a future of diversified natural-gas sourcing on the global market. [more]
Pakistan-Grains
Latin America: Food and Fuel Fallouts
June 3, 2008 1304 GMT
The U.N. Secretary-General has warned that failure to address the global food crisis properly could lead to economic, social and political crises around the world. In some areas, political aftershocks are already apparent, as a wrap-up of recent events in Latin America indicates. [more]
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