MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 5th 2011
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Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:19 UTC
A mild, good-intentions, no surprises marks the CELAC Caracas Declaration
The new Latin American and Caribbean organization backed Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and slammed US sanctions on Cuba at the end of a two day summit in the capital of Venezuela, hosted by President Hugo Chavez.
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Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:11 UTC
Rajoy will outline his austerity plan before EU Conservative summit
Incoming Conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called on all Spaniards to work together to overcome the debt crisis and promised a new economic policy to deal with unemployment that is more than double the European Union average.
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Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:06 UTC
Gibraltar’s Caruana confident of new Spanish government commitment to “trilateral dialogue”
The leader of the ruling GSD in Gibraltar, Peter Caruana said he was confident Spain’s Partido Popular would remain committed to trilateral dialogue, even if not necessarily to the Trilateral Forum (Gib, UK and Spain) itself in its present form.
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Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:01 UTC
Cuba’s Revolution square admits the growing presence of the Catholic Church
Hundreds of Cubans paid homage on Saturday to the patron of the country, the Virgin of Copper Charity, at the Plaza de la Revolución (Revolution Square) the political heart of the island and at the precise point where Pope John Paul II in 1998 held a mass to hundreds of thousands.
