Stories for August 2013

Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:38 UTC
Kerry arrives in Brazil on Tuesday to try and iron out strained relations over US spying

The government of President Dilma Rousseff will raise the issue of US spying on Brazilian companies and individuals next week when US Secretary of State John Kerry visits Brazil.
Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:33 UTC
Vazquez is the Uruguayan political leader with the highest acceptance, 62%

Former Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez who this week announced he was prepared to be the ruling coalition’s candidate for next year’s presidential bid, is by far the political leader of the country which has the highest degree of acceptance, according to a Mori public opinion poll released earlier in the week.
Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:22 UTC
Gibraltar and Campo labour unions urge for good neighbourly relations

Leading Gibraltar and Spain’s Campo unions - Unite the Union, Comissiones Obreras (CCOO), and Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) - have jointly released a statement and manifesto urging good neighbourly relations. The states that any diplomatic scuffle and/or show of strength by one or all of parties involved has immediate and negative consequences for the people who live on either side of the border.
Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:17 UTC
OAS calls for respect and self determination for Indigenous Peoples

Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General José Miguel Insulza commemorated on Friday the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples with a call for the protection of the all native peoples of the Americas and urged the full implementation of treaties and other agreements that states have adopted internationally and especially in the Inter-American context.
Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:10 UTC
Indigenous peoples in Argentina: “we don’t want to be considered strangers in our own country”

“We want to live as human beings. We don’t want to be considered as strangers in our own country, poor or useless. We want to live without discrimination. We don’t want blood shed, we just want to reclaim our community,” said to Amnesty International Félix Díaz, leader of the Qom indigenous community of Potae Napocna Navogoh (La Primavera), in Argentina’s northern province of Formosa.
Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:04 UTC
Corruption allegations in crucial Sao Paulo city reach Brazil’s main opposition party

After the mensalão case rocked Brazil’s ruling party, it seems it’s now the turn of the Social Democrats (PSDB), the main opposition party. The Attorney General’s office and the police are investigating the allegations against the PSDB and if its leaders received kickbacks from a scheme involving the maintenance of train and metro lines in Sao Paulo.
Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 01:58 UTC
UK opens second largest offshore wind farm in the world

Greater Gabbard wind farm, which is reportedly the second largest offshore wind farm in the world, costing £1.3 billion and generating enough clean electricity to power over half a million homes, was officially opened off the British coast of Suffolk by the Energy and Business Minister Michael Fallon.
Friday, August 9th 2013 - 07:49 UTC
British Army Officer School counter insurgency operations course in Chile

Academics from the British Army Officer School, Sandhurst, presented a course in Counter Insurgency Operations in Santiago to members of the Chilean military, special forces and intelligence, reports the Foreign Office.
Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:54 UTC
Protests and pot banging against Cristina Fernandez administration in Buenos Aires

Protesters gathered around Buenos Aires obelisk and other neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires City to participate in a new protest against the administration of Argentine president Cristina Fernández, forty eight hours ahead of primary elections.
Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:51 UTC
Piñera apologizes to the Chilean people for the flawed 2012 census

President Sebastian Piñera asked Chileans to forgive him for a 2012 census that a review panel found to be so flawed it should be thrown out, a political embarrassment for his government months before a general election.