International

• Monday, July 5th 2010 - 05:05 UTC

  IDB president Moreno forecasted to be re-elected this week for five more years

  

  The Inter American Development Bank will be electing new President this week, but with the nomination period closed last June 26 and no names presented, Colombia’s Luis Alberto Moreno seems certain to be re-elected.

• Monday, July 5th 2010 - 04:46 UTC

  Obama administration is “weak” to ensure Middle East peace process

  

  Syrian president Bashar al-Assad wrapping up his Latinamerican tour of four countries, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina described the government of US President Barack Obama as ‘weak’ to ensure a peace process in the Middle East adding he was hopeful of negotiations sponsored by other countries such as Brazil and Turkey.

• Monday, July 5th 2010 - 04:40 UTC

  Foreign Secretary William Hague: “The world has changed and if we do not change with it, Britain’s role is set to decline”

  

  The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, gave the following speech outlining the Government's vision for UK foreign policy on 1 July 2010.

• Sunday, July 4th 2010 - 03:44 UTC

  World Bank committed 17.9 billion USD is support of Latam in 2010

  

  The World Bank Group (WBG) committed 17.9 billion US dollars in fiscal year 2010 –a slightly higher figure over last year’s record lending of 17.1 billion- to support countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as they recover from the global financial crisis and resume a path of sustained growth, according to the latest report from the multilateral organization.

• Friday, July 2nd 2010 - 03:32 UTC

  BP Argentine assets on sale to pay for Gulf of Mexico spill; China interested

  

  China National Offshore Oil Corp., the country’s third-largest oil and gas company, declined to comment on reports it is holding talks to buy as much as 9 billion US dollars of BP Plc’s assets in South America.

• Friday, July 2nd 2010 - 03:28 UTC

  China’s Xinhua launches 24-hour global news channel in English, CNC

  

  China's state news agency Xinhua has launched a 24-hour global news channel in English. Officials said CNC World would present “an international vision with a China perspective”.

• Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 21:05 UTC

  MP Laing, chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Gibraltar Group

  

  British Conservative MP Elainor Laing is the new chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Gibraltar Group, a House of Commons spokesman announced Wednesday night. Mrs Laing is no stranger to the Rock as she attended the main National Day rally when it was organised in Casemates Square.

• Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 21:00 UTC

  Meryl Streep considering playing Margaret Thatcher with Director Lloyd

  

  Hollywood Academy Award winning actress Meryl Streep is planning a reunion with her “Mamma Mia!” director, Phyllida Lloyd: Streep is in talks to play controversial former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

• Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 06:46 UTC

  Syria’s Assad in Brazil proposed close economic links with Mercosur

  

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on his first-ever tour of Latin America proposed a free trade agreement with Mercosur after meeting Wednesday in Brasilia with his Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva and giving a conference at the Foreign Ministry seat in Itamaraty Palace.

• Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 00:20 UTC

  Positive outlook for tourism in 2010 according to UN World Barometer

  

  International tourist arrivals grew by 7% in the first four months of 2010 according to the latest issue of the United Nations World Tourism Organization World Tourism Barometer.