Latin America

Monday, June 17th 2013 - 19:25 UTC
Assange prepared to remain in Ecuadorean embassy in London another five years

Ecuador will continue to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asylum at its London embassy, the foreign minister said on Monday after failing to reach a solution to the case with Britain.
Monday, June 17th 2013 - 16:07 UTC
Paraguay president-elect will not be attending Mercosur summit in Montevideo

Paraguay president-elect Horacio Cartes ratified he will not be attending the coming Mercosur summit scheduled to take place July 12 in Montevideo, confirmed one of his foreign policy advisors since the Paraguayan position remains that “Venezuela is not a full member of Mercosur because the Paraguayan congress by overwhelming majority rejected such option in August 2012”.
Monday, June 17th 2013 - 15:51 UTC
Expert in international cooperation next US ambassador in Brazil

President Barack Obama has named Lilian Ayalde a career diplomat with a long experience in international cooperation and former ambassador to Paraguay as the next ambassador to Brazil it was announced by the White House.
Monday, June 17th 2013 - 07:01 UTC
Brazilian protestors clash over excessive expenditure in World Cup stadiums

Police deployed tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse around 3,000 protestors from outside Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium ahead of the Confederations Cup match between Italy and Mexico on Sunday.
Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 16:56 UTC
Controversial media law approved in Ecuador conditions freedom of the press

Creating official media overseers, imposing sanctions for smearing “people's good name” and limiting private media to one third of radio and TV licenses, Ecuador's congress on Friday passed a restrictive new media law championed by President Rafael Correa.
Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 15:39 UTC
”Venezuela is not part of Mercosur; it was not ratified by Paraguayan congress”

Venezuela “is not part of Mercosur, it was not ratified by the Paraguayan congress” according to one of the main foreign policy advisors of president elect Horacio Cartes who is scheduled to take office next August 15. Meanwhile Paraguay continues to advance it its intention of belonging to the Alliance of the Pacific.
Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 14:39 UTC
Booing down of President Rousseff reflects growing dissatisfaction with the economy

Inflation, slower growth, street protests over the increase in bus fares smacked full on at an ill-humoured Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff during the opening ceremony of the Confederations Cup in Brasilia when she was booed down three times and simply had to declare the event open.
Saturday, June 15th 2013 - 04:10 UTC
Simultaneous raids in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay after links between football transfers and money laundering

An estimated 150 search warrants were simultaneously implemented in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile in financial institutions, football clubs and players’ representatives looking for evidence on an organization dedicated to money laundering through the sale of soccer players.
Friday, June 14th 2013 - 23:17 UTC
Brazil pumps more consumer credit lines trying to bolster the economy

The administration of President Dilma Rousseff will hand out 17 billion Reais (8 bn dollars) in cheap loans for home appliance purchases it was announced this week, a further attempt bolster Brazilians' buying power as an anemic economy and high inflation erode its approval rating.
Friday, June 14th 2013 - 08:20 UTC
Nicaragua approves transoceanic canal to rival with Panama and to be built by Hong Kong company

The Nicaraguan Congress has approved a proposal to have a canal built linking the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. A Hong Kong-based company has been granted a 50-year concession to build the waterway, which will rival the Panama Canal.