MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 24th 2013
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Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 08:19 UTC
Paraguay and Venezuela discussions to re-establish full relations and on Mercosur
Representatives from Paraguay and Venezuela are scheduled to re-take bilateral and Mercosur related discussions on the sides of the UN General Assembly this week in New York, according to Deputy foreign minister Manuel María Cáceres
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Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 08:07 UTC
Brazil will continue with the 60bn dollar currency intervention program: ‘it’s working adequately’
Brazil’s central bank chief Alexandre Tombini said on Monday policy makers will continue with their 60 billion dollars currency intervention plan, even after the Real rallied more than any other currency in the world as a consequence of the surprise announcement from the US Fed that for the moment it will not taper the bonds’ buying program to stimulate the US economy
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Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 08:04 UTC
Argentine trade balance collapsed 60% in August because of the energy import bill
Argentina’s trade balance collapsed 60% during August compared to a year ago because of stagnant exports and the doubling of energy imports according to the latest release from the government’s stats office, Indec.
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Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 07:52 UTC
Santos accepts with ‘prudence’ Mujica’s offer to host peace talks with Colombia’s ELN guerrilla
President Juan Manuel Santos was grateful and ‘accepted with prudence’ his Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica offer to host a peace-talks process in Montevideo with the other big guerrilla movement in Colombia, the ELN, National Liberation Army
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Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 07:38 UTC
Gibraltar accuses Spain of foul play ahead of EC visit to check border controls
Gibraltar has accused Spain of a “crude, last minute” attempt to “disguise and conceal” its normal customs checks at the border, just days ahead of a visit by the European Commission. The EC team arrives on Wednesday and will consist of six experts on EU customs controls and border matters.
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Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 07:05 UTC
Malvinas sovereignty, the main line of action at OAS pledges Ambassador Garré
The new Argentine ambassador before the Organization of American States, OAS, former Defence and Home Security minister Nilda Garré begins her diplomatic job with a main line of action: ‘claiming the Malvinas Islands sovereignty” and the “resumption of negotiations with the UK”.
