Stories for August 2013

Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:29 UTC
UN advisor criticizes Spain’s ‘double standard’ on Gibraltar when it comes to Ceuta and Melilla

A political adviser on Arab affairs at the UN in New York said Spain operated “double standards” by dismissing Moroccan sovereignty claims over Ceuta and Melilla as unfounded while pursuing its own claim over Gibraltar.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:21 UTC
Pro-royal Daily Mail tells Prince Charles he should “stay out of politics”

Prince Charles has had 36 private meetings with UK Cabinet ministers in the last three years, British newspaper The Daily Mail revealed on Monday, as the heir to the British throne faced accusations of meddling in politics
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:18 UTC
Napolitano warns Berlusconi party against trying to bring down the Italian government

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano ruled out any reversal of a tax fraud conviction against Silvio Berlusconi and issued a stern warning to his party against trying to bring down the government over the issue.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:13 UTC
Chevron-YPF partnership splits the Argentina/Ecuador ‘progressive’ entente

US petroleum giant Chevron has warned that the continuing legal battle with Ecuador's government over pollution charges could put in jeopardy the company's partnership with YPF to exploit the Vaca Muerta shale reserves in the Patagonian province of Neuquén, Argentina.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:06 UTC
Mexico to open state-run oil industry to private sector ending 75-year constitutional ban

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is making the most daring gamble of his 8-month-old presidency with a proposal to lift a 75 year-old ban on private companies investing in the state-run oil industry, a cornerstone of Mexico’s national pride that’s seen production plummet in recent decades.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:03 UTC
Paraguay new government will give priority to bilateral relations, later Mercosur

The priority of the incoming Paraguayan government of president-elect Horacio Cartes who takes office on Thursday is to recompose bilateral relations with the region’s countries and from then on begin negotiations for the return to Mercosur, said Eladio Loizaga a veteran diplomat who on Tuesday was confirmed as future Foreign affairs minister.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 02:58 UTC
Brazilian Navy incorporates third UK built Amazonas class ocean patrol vessel

The newest ship in the Brazilian navy's fleet has left the UK on a journey of more than 16.100km to Brazil. “Araguari” which sailed from Portsmouth is the third of three Amazonas class ocean patrol vessels delivered to the Brazilian navy by BAE Systems.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 02:53 UTC
US intelligence in 1988 considered links of Latam guerrilla groups and drug lords a short term issue

US military believed that the links between the Colombian guerrilla groups and the drug lords at the end of the eighties was a matter of concern but a short term issue, according to declassified minutes of a meeting of US and Brazilian military officers, published by O Estado de Sao Paulo.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 02:49 UTC
Brazil tells Ferry failure to address electronic spying could cast ‘shadow of mistrust’

Brazil warned US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday that failure to resolve the row over Washington's electronic spying could sow a shadow of mistrust between the countries.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 02:38 UTC
Peru Shinning Path leaders killed in shoot out with Army, says president Humala

The number two leader of Peru's Shining Path is believed to have been killed with two other top ranking guerrillas in a battle with government forces, President Ollanta Humala announced.