MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 13th 2014
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Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 08:08 UTC
UK reiterates support for Gibraltar's people right to determine their own future
A senior Foreign Office minister summed up Britain’s position on Gibraltar firmly and concisely this week in Parliament. “At the heart of this issue is the right of the people of Gibraltar to determine their own future,” said Baroness Warsi, Senior Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 06:28 UTC
Three more fatal shootings in Venezuela raise the death toll to 25
Protesters battled soldiers on Wednesday in the streets of Caracas again as three more fatal shootings raised to 25 the death toll from a month of demonstrations against Venezuela's populist government.
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Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 06:17 UTC
Bachelet first overseas trip to Argentina next April
Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet will travel to Argentina in April for what will be her first official visit since being re-elected for office, the nation's Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz confirmed on Wednesday. Muñoz was accompanied by Argentine Héctor Timerman as he made the announcement.
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Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 05:52 UTC
Falklands, trade, Mercosur/EU, oil and gas, in Swire's agenda in Uruguay
Bilateral trade, Mercosur/EU talks, oil and gas cooperation, and Falkland Islands, plus some audacious comments on the coming World Cup match Uruguay/England, were some of the issues addressed by Foreign Office minister for Latin-American Hugo Swire during his one day visit to Uruguay on Wednesday.
