Argentina’s takeover of its formerly state-owned energy company from Spanish shareholders won easy approval from legislators.

SOUTHERN Chile’s Puyehue volcano has erupted for the first time in half a century, prompting evacuation orders for 3,500 people, authorities said.

Argentina’s government is to buy back troubled Aerolineas Argentinas and its subsidiary Austral from a Spanish travel conglomerate.

Bolivian security forces were today questioning nine Bangladeshis after being told they were planning to hijack an airliner for an attack on an US target.

The Argentine government is poised to inject £16.9m into Aerolineas Argentinas to pay back salaries and help save it from possible bankruptcy.