Venezuela plans to include the Internet in a law that regulates the media, under a proposed bill presented to parliament on Thursday that the opposition claims will result in censorship.
Manuel Villalba, a lawmaker from President Hugo Chavez’s Socialist Party, said the law was aimed at protecting citizens. Read Story Here
Affluent consumers are going online in increased numbers in central and south America, according to Nielsen’s latest annual data. Computer ownership, internet penetration and pay-TV subscription rates are all rising rapidly in Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico – the four countries covered the report. Read Article
The movement of three landmarks in the Nicaragua border with Honduras could lead to new border tensions between the two Central American nations today warned officials in Managua. Read Story
According to an article in the Israeli daily Haaretz entitled ‘Iran, Venezuela plan to build rival to Panama Canal’, the current border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua – in which the former country has accused the latter of sending military troops into its territory along the San Juan River during a river dredging project […]
The 12 leaders of the Union of South American Nations (USAN) will meet between December 3 and 4 in Mar del Plata, Argentine, in the framework of the Ibero-American Summit to decide on the New General Secretary of the Bloc. As possible successor of Argentinean former president Nestor Kirchner in that post they are talking […]