Latin America

• Saturday, June 27th 2015 - 04:54 UTC

  Timerman: UK attempts to convince Malvinas population that it could have a right to self-determination that does not exist

  

  Statement by Argentine Foreign Affairs and Worship before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, 25 June 2015.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 07:45 UTC

  A pie made of coca leaves awaits the Pope when he visits Bolivia

  

  Coca planters will be giving Pope Francis a pie and other goods made out of coca leaves, when he arrives next July for an official visit to Bolivia. The gifts will be delivered during the scheduled meeting of Francis wish social movements’ organization in Santa Cruz, according to the organizers.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 07:22 UTC

  Guyana gives assurances to Exxon to keep exploring for oil, despite Venezuela's threats

  

  Venezuela’s recent claim on Guyana’s maritime territory is a “legal absurdity” and US oil firm ExxonMobil will continue to work as scheduled, President David Granger has said. Labeling Caracas’ claim as the worst intrusion the country has ever had on its sovereignty, the President said his government has made its position on the claim by Venezuela clear to the oil company.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 06:56 UTC

  UK confirms interest in Latin America with the “Pacific Alliance Chevening scholarships”,

  

  UK Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire has introduced a new set of Chevening scholarships for Latin America, the “Pacific Alliance Chevening scholarships”, arguing that the success of the Pacific Alliance forms an integral part of Britain's re-engagement with the region.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 07:35 UTC

  Conmebol with no access to funds to pay for prizes and teams' lodgings

  

  The current edition of the Americas Cup, the main football competition of South America organized every four years by the South American Football Confederation, Conmebol, and which this year is being hosted by Chile, apparently does not have the funds to pay for prizes and for the lodging of the twelve national teams involved.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 - 06:17 UTC

  Falklands engineer invited to speak on wind energy in Trinidad Tobago

  

  Glenn Ross from the Falkland Islands will be speaking on wind energy and integration to diesel systems at the annual conference of Trinidad and Tobago Professional Engineers Association (APETT) scheduled for June 25/26 at Point Lisas.

• Saturday, June 20th 2015 - 00:08 UTC

  Less millionaires in Latin America because of the fall in commodities' prices

  

  Latin America posted a decrease in high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) as falling commodity prices affect the continent’s economies, especially Brazil which accounts for more than 50% of Latin America’s HNWI wealth.

• Friday, June 19th 2015 - 23:45 UTC

  Ecuador's Correa suspends controversial death duties debate until after Pope's visit

  

  Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa announced he would temporarily withdraw two controversial tax bills from the legislature, saying he would give the public time to debate them. The bills, which would have raised taxes on inheritances and capital gains, generated uproar that led to mass street protests in recent days.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 07:08 UTC

  Mercosur/EU hope 'for positive news in third quarter' despite members' domestic problems

  

  The European Union also has difficulties in completing a draft proposal of goods and services to exchange with Mercosur in the search for a long delayed trade agreement between the two blocks, revealed Uruguayan vice-president Raul Sendic during a report to the Senate on his recent 10/11 June trip to Brussels for the Celac/EU summit. However in “the third quarter of the year there should be positive news”.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  Falklands' makes its debut among Argentine fans in the America Cup

  

  The America Copa (Cup) currently being played in Chile, and the region's national teams main football competition, has not been without incidents. The one that has attracted most headlines, so far, was the host's leading squad player, Arturo Vidal who went on public television to apologize for drunk driving after crashing his Ferrari.