MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 24th 2010
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Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 02:32 UTC
Hillary Clinton at Uruguayan President Mujica’s inauguration
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be visiting five Latinamerican countries next week beginning in Uruguay, representing President Barack Obama at the inauguration ceremony of president elect Jose Mujica on March first, according to Washington diplomatic sources.
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Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 02:29 UTC
Intra-Mercosur trade experienced one of its worst years in 2009
Trade among Mercosur members plummeted in 2009 under the effects of the international slowdown which severely limited access to financing and made credit in the region harder to obtain, according to a report from the Inter American Development bank, IDB.
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Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 02:22 UTC
US not interested in military outposts in Latinamerica, for the moment
United States currently has no interest in having US troops stationed and with access to military bases belonging to other Latinamerican countries, such is the case with Colombia said a top Pentagon official during a visit to Nicaragua.
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Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 02:11 UTC
Possible mixed Gibraltar/Spain police patrols to avoid marine incidents
A proposal for the creation of mixed police patrols between the RG Police and the Guardia Civil is one of the matters under discussion in the ongoing technical round of talks of the Tripartite Forum, according to reports in the Madrid daily ABC.
