MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 26th 2011
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Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 07:21 UTC
Buenos Aires Archbishop calls for more humbleness from the ruling establishment
Buenos Aires Archbishop Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio called for more humbleness from Argentina’s ruling establishment during the traditional Independence Day Tedeum at the Metropolitan cathedral which as has been the case in previous occasions did not count with the attendance of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
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Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 07:15 UTC
President of Plaza de Mayo Grandmothers, Mercosur ‘illustrious citizen’
The president of Argentina’s Plaza de Mayo Grandmothers Estela de Carlotto will be honoured as “illustrious citizen” of Mercosur during the group’s coming summit to be celebrated in Asuncion, Paraguay at the end of June, reported the Argentine Foreign Affairs ministry.
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Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 07:10 UTC
Argentine/Brazil trade talks stalled but ‘technical negotiations’ were good
Brazilian Industry Secretary Alessandro Teixeira said on Wednesday that no progress has been made so far regarding the trade impasse over Brazil’s import delays for Argentine cars and auto parts, but denied any crisis with Argentina since negotiations are on-going.
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Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 00:46 UTC
Mercosur praises accord that opens way for Honduras return to OAS
Mercosur described the reconciliation agreement reached by Honduras president Porfirio Lobo and his predecessor Manuel Zelaya, ousted in 2009, as a fundamental step in the process of normalizing relations in the hemisphere.
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Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 00:41 UTC
Lagarde and Carsterns are both “credible” candidates to lead IMF says US
United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said France's Christine Lagarde and Mexico's Agustin Carstens are both “credible” candidates to lead the International Monetary Fund, but he wants the candidate who can earn the broadest support.
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Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 00:35 UTC
Philip Morris takes Uruguay to international court because of tobacco-ban policy
One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies is launching a claim against Uruguay for considering the country’s legislation commercially damaging to the company. Philip Morris corporation has filed a claim at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a World Bank branch.
