Stories for May 2013

Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 05:34 UTC
Falkland Islands elected lawmaker will attend C24 regional seminar in Ecuador

Falkland Islands elected lawmaker Mike Summers will attend next week the Caribbean Regional Seminar of the Special Committee on Decolonization which is to be held in Quito, Ecuador in anticipation of the main C24 annual meeting in New York.
Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 05:16 UTC
Former Guatemalan president extradited to face money laundering charges in US

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money laundering charges, the US embassy in Guatemala said. A US grand jury decided in 2009 that Portillo, who was in office from 2000 to 2004, should face charges that he laundered 70 million dollars through US banks.
Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 05:11 UTC
Brazil’s employment rate remains stable but job creation slowed in recent months

Brazil's jobless rate rose slightly in April for the fourth straight month but remained near record lows, suggesting that tight labour conditions bolstered a gradual recovery and fed into inflation, statistics agency IBGE said this week.
Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 04:29 UTC
Paraguay becomes observer of the Alliance of the Pacific, despite Brazil and Mercosur

The Alliance of the Pacific announced this week that Paraguay had been accepted as an observer of the regional group. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos chair and host of the alliance summit in Cali made it official during the reading of the final declaration.
Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 04:17 UTC
Gibraltar becomes 54th member of UEFA and will dispute the Euro Cup 2016

Gibraltar has been accepted as a full member of UEFA, European football's governing body. The application was approved on Friday on a majority vote at the organisation's congress in London, with no votes against and no abstentions.
Friday, May 24th 2013 - 07:50 UTC
Pacific Alliance agrees to eliminate tariffs for 90% of goods beginning July

The Alliance of the Pacific bloc that includes Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Chile on Thursday agreed to eliminate tariffs on most goods to promote free trade between the countries and increase exports to Asia.
Friday, May 24th 2013 - 07:45 UTC
Toilet paper shortage is because ‘Venezuelans are eating more’ argues the government

A few hours after the Venezuelan congress voted a 79 million dollars credit for the import of 39 million rolls of toilet paper and other personal hygiene items, the government of President Nicolas Maduro said this was because “Venezuelans are eating more”.
Friday, May 24th 2013 - 07:36 UTC
South America re-election rash: Ecuador’s Correa takes office for the third consecutive time

Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa will be inaugurated on Friday for his third consecutive mandate, something which Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez just managed before his death, and something which Bolivia’s Evo Morales aspires.
Friday, May 24th 2013 - 07:30 UTC
Brazil’s Rousseff one of the main speakers at the African Union 50 year celebration

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will be attending next Saturday in Ethiopia the fiftieth celebration of the African Unions Organization that preceded the African Union, (AU) and will be one of the main speakers on the opening day.
Friday, May 24th 2013 - 07:23 UTC
British Overseas Territories tax havens hold £ 4 trillion, claims Oxfam

People using tax havens have deprived governments worldwide of £100 billion in revenue, enough to end extreme poverty twice over, according to new figures published by Oxfam. The total amount of lost tax revenue is far higher than £100 billion, as the figure only includes tax dodged by individuals, and not companies.