Stories for 2012

Monday, August 20th 2012 - 06:41 UTC
Argentina accuses EU before WTO for restriction imposed on bio-fuel imports

Argentina has taken the first steps toward formally accusing the European Union of violating World Trade Organization rules in a dispute over restrictions on bio-fuels exports to the EU from the Mercosur member country.
Monday, August 20th 2012 - 04:54 UTC
Calderón reveals he was alerted of plans by Mexican cartels to kill him

Mexican President Felipe Calderón was warned during the early years of his administration of a credible threat to assassinate him while he was in the presidential jet, Mexican media reported on Sunday.
Monday, August 20th 2012 - 04:45 UTC
Unasur calls for dialogue to solve the controversy between Ecuador and the UK

The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) called for dialogue to solve the crisis between Ecuador and Great Britain regarding the diplomatic asylum granted by the Andean country to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange who is holed in at the embassy in London.
Monday, August 20th 2012 - 04:39 UTC
Ecuador willing to resume talks once UK withdraws ‘threat’ regarding embassy

Ecuador has been, and is open to dialogue to the UK if London withdraws its “threat” to raid the embassy in London to arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, according to Ecuador’s Foreign minister Ricardo Patiño who revealed that the two countries had been holding bilateral discussions on the issue for the last two months.
Monday, August 20th 2012 - 04:31 UTC
Assange claims UK police tried to enter Ecuadorean embassy last Wednesday

Speaking on Sunday in front of the condor of the Ecuadorean coat of arms on the white balcony railing of the embassy in London, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange thanked President Rafael Correa and Ecuador's diplomats, whom he praised for standing up against oppression, but also revealed the police tried to break in last Wednesday.
Monday, August 20th 2012 - 04:28 UTC
Assange calls on President Obama to end the witch-hunt against Wikileaks

The founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange used the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy on Sunday to berate the United States for threatening freedom of expression and called on President Barack Obama to end what he called a witch-hunt against his whistle-blowing website.
Monday, August 20th 2012 - 01:42 UTC
Ecuador insists in Mercosur interest, but admits it will be a long process

Ecuador has reiterated its intention of joining Mercosur but this needs to be compatible with the rules from the Community of Andean Nations, CAN, (to which it now belongs) said Ecuadorean ambassador Horacio Sevilla Borja.
Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 06:24 UTC
Protesting Chilean students occupy main Santiago university despite arrests

Following over a hundred arrests made on Thursday and clashes with police, students in Santiago occupied on Friday the central building of the University of Chile, the country’s most important higher education facility, as the demands to the government over education reform ensue.
Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 06:18 UTC
Argentina manages a 7.3bn dollars surplus in first half of the year

Argentina trade surplus in the first half of the year reached 7.336 billion dollars, up 26.8% over the same period a year ago, with exports reaching 39.647bn dollars and imports 32.311bn, according to the official stats office Indec.
Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 06:12 UTC
First shipment from Mercosur latest member to the south: 14.000 tons of urea

Venezuela dispatched on Friday a shipment of 14.000 tons of urea for Brazil and Uruguay, the first since becoming a full member of Mercosur, reported the official Venezuelan news agency.