Stories for May 2011

Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 16:10 UTC
Ban Ki Moon to visit Uruguay that will hold UN Human Rights Council presidency

Uruguay will be holding next month the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council during 2011/2012 and for this motive UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit Uruguay June 16th when he will be meeting President Jose Mujica and other top officials.
Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 11:01 UTC
Korean jiggers mooring off-season in Uruguayan fluvial port

Three Korean jiggers which normally spend off-season time in Montevideo have moored in the port of Fray Bentos on the River Uruguay, as part of the de-centralization process launched by Uruguayan port authorities.
Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 07:46 UTC
CFK recalls in tears that eight years ago her husband took office as president

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner with eyes full of tears and a shaky voice recalled that eight years ago 25 May 2003 her late husband Nestor Kirchner took office and called on Argentines to build a different country and a different society.
Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 07:31 UTC
Obama: despite the rise of new global powers, US and Europe lead

President Obama has told British politicians that, despite the rise of new global powers, the time for US and European leadership “is now”. He said the influence of the US, UK and allies would remain “indispensable,” in a speech in Parliament on the second day of his UK state visit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.