Abengoa Starts First South America Solar-Thermal Power Plant

Abengoa SA (ABG), the largest developer of solar-thermal power plants, completed a 10-megawatt project at an Antofagasta Plc (ANTO) copper mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert that will reduce the facility’s use of fossil fuels.

South America's LAN Airlines First to Use Boeing 787 Out of LAX

South America's LAN Airlines became the first carrier to fly Boeing's new 787 airplane on an international route from Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, beating United Airlines by one day.

Barbados rapes: Victims Rachel Turner and Diane Davies' anger at police

Rape victims Dr Rachel Turner and Diane Davies fought to clear Derick Crawford's name

Two British women who helped free a man, who police accused of raping them in Barbados, have expressed outrage after the island's commissioner said he was happy with the investigation.

Dr Rachel Turner, of Hertfordshire, and Diane Davies, of Anglesey, were raped within days of each other in 2010.

Colombia: Nine bodies found in Envigado luxury house

 

Forensic experts are trying to establish the circumstances of the tragedy in Envigado

 

Police in Colombia have found the bodies of nine people inside a luxury house in the city of Envigado, on the outskirts of Medellin.

The nine victims, who haven't yet been identified, are believed to have been shot dead during a party on Sunday.
An $11,000 (£7,000) reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.
Medellin police commander Yesid Vasquez says he thinks the deaths were linked to the drug cartels that operate there.

Bolivia takes over Spanish-owned energy suppliers

Bolivia has brought two Spanish-owned electricity supply companies under state control.

President Evo Morales accused the subsidiaries of the Spanish company, Iberdrola, of overcharging consumers in rural areas.

Mr Morales said rural households had been paying three times more for their electricity than people in urban areas.
The left-wing president has previously nationalised oil, telecommunications and energy-generating companies.
"We had to see that the quality of electricity service is uniform in rural as well as urban areas," Mr Morales said.
He added that his decree was in line with the South American country's constitution, which says that the public interest is above private interests when it comes to the supply of energy.
"We were forced to take this measure," he said, describing the electricity charges as "unfair and unequal".

Colombia landslide kills five in Neiva with 25 missing

 

Rescue operations along the Neiva-Florencia road will be suspended if the mountain slope becomes unstable

Peru juveniles escape from prison in mass breakouts

Peruvian police are hunting for some 19 young inmates who escaped during unrest at a juvenile detention centre in Lima.