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Mercatrade.com makes the Latin American market accessible to the world

Panama City, Panama – After just 6 months , Mercatrade.com becomes the largest and most successful regional trade portal helping companies all over the world do business with Latin America.

Turning rice into chips

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - Rice, one of the main ingredients in Brazilians' daily diet, will be used for yet another purpose - to make electronic microchips.

Argentina earns its second Oscar

WASHINGTON D.C., U.S.A. - Argentine director Juan José Campanella still can't believe it. But it's not fiction. His "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" ("The Secret in Their Eyes") won the Academy Award for best foreign language film.

Zoe Saldaña, the newest Sci-Fi diva from the Caribbean

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - She's been the Dominican Republic's little girl for a while, even before the successful movie Avatar or now, when her face, digitalized and dyed blue, is on front pages all over the world.

Latin America in the sights of music’s biggest stars

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil - There was a time when Latin American fans could only follow their favorite artists on radio, in magazines, or on TV.

Air Jamaica’s 2,500 employees to lose their jobs as company is to be closed after sale

KINGSTON, Jamaica - All 2,500 employees of national airline Air Jamaica will lose their jobs on April 12 because the company will not exist, according to the government-owned company's chief executive officer

Colombia’s oil exports exceeded US$10 billion in 2009

BOGOTÁ, Colombia - Colombia's oil exports increased to US$10.27 billion last year, making the industry account for just more than a third of the nation's total foreign trade, according to a report by the energy and mines ministry.

In Uruguay, the Mujica era begins

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - He took up arms as a young man in search of social change.

Mujica officially becomes president of Uruguay

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - José Mujica, whose presidential term started on March 1, said his primary goals would be to stop governmental austerity, reduce poverty and improve the education and cultural knowledge of his people

World promises to help Chile in rebuilding efforts

SANTIAGO, Chile - The United States and Europe promised financial support to Chile as teams of international relief workers descended on the South American nation