Stories for May 21st 2013

Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 23:58 UTC
Venezuelan opposition airs conspiracy recordings against Maduro from his own party

The Venezuelan opposition has released an audio recording that it said contains a prominent member of the ruling party discussing political strategy with a Cuban intelligence officer. Opposition lawmaker Ismael García said the recording captures a phone conversation between state TV personality Mario Silva, a staunch government ally, and a Cuban identified as Lieutenant Colonel Aramis Palacios.
Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 23:48 UTC
Chile ranked third as most attractive country for copper mining investments

Chile is the third most attractive country for copper mining investments behind Canada and Australia according to a report from the Chilean Copper Committee, Cochilco that includes fifteen leading countries in the industry and was released this week by Mining minister Hernan de Solminihac in Santiago.
Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 06:45 UTC
Falkland Islands: it’s a three-side debate; Argentina must recognize Islanders right to decide their future

UK conditioned a possible re-launching of agreements on hydrocarbons and fisheries in the South Atlantic to Argentina accepting ‘there will be no sovereignty negotiations’ regarding the Malvinas Islands and called for the Argentine government to respect the wishes of the Falkland Islanders.
Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 06:43 UTC
Argentines expect inflation to average 34.9% in the next twelve months

Argentines expect inflation to average 34.9% in the next twelve months according to a private report released on Monday by the Finance Research Centre, CIF, belonging to the Torcuato Di Tella University.
Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 06:34 UTC
Falklands: optimism about identification of the unknown Argentine soldiers

An Argentine delegation involved in human rights that in early May visited the Falkland Islands is optimistic about the possibility of advancing in the identification of the remains of Argentine soldiers buried as unknown in unmarked graves at the Darwin cemetery.
Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 06:30 UTC
Venezuelan overture to the US: “time to resume diplomatic representation at the highest level”

Venezuela on Sunday made a rare diplomatic overture to the United States, suggesting it could be time for better ties. Foreign minister Elias Jaua said on Televen Sunday program that “we are going to remain open to normalizing relations with the United States”.
Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 06:27 UTC
Massive money easing in rich countries making Latam currencies too strong

Currency strength due to stimulus measures in the developed world is currently Latin America's Achilles' heel, though the region's macroeconomic management is a bright spot, the head of the United Nations' body for the region said on Monday.
Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 06:25 UTC
OAS General Assembly will hold major debate on the drug problem in the Americas

Secretary General José Miguel Insulza presented on Monday the Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas to the members of the OAS Permanent Council, in a special meeting of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in which he expressed his hope that the document is understood “not as a conclusion, but only as the beginning of a long awaited debate.”
Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 06:22 UTC
Brazil main opposition party elects a new leader and 2014 presidential hopeful

Brazilian opposition unified over the weekend behind Aecio Neves who was elected by a landslide president of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, PSDB. His naming opens the way for his candidacy to the 2014 presidential election, when President Dilma Rousseff will be bidding for another four years.
Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 05:05 UTC
Falklands MPA has the minimum force necessary to prevent a repeat of 1982 invasion

The UK military base in the Falkland Islands has the “minimum necessary force to prevent a repeat of the illegal invasion such as that of 1982” committed by Argentina said Foreign Office Minister of State for Latinamerican affairs Hugo Swire during an interview with the Argentine news agency, Diarios y Noticias. (*)