Latin America

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 06:40 UTC

  England confirms three rugby matches in Uruguay, Argentina tour

  

  England will play three matches on their tour to Argentina and Uruguay this coming June, announced the Rugby Union in England. Stuart Lancaster’s side will face a CONSUR XV representing the South American nations in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Sunday, June 2 (3.30pm local time, 7.30pm BST).

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 04:23 UTC

  United States, Peru and Chile congratulate Cartes and the Paraguayan people

  

  United States, Peru and Chile among others extended their congratulations to president-elect Horacio Cartes and to the Paraguayan people for the ‘extraordinary’ Election Day last Sunday and their significant turnout in such special circumstances.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 02:23 UTC

  Cartes pledges allegiance to Mercosur: abandoning it ‘would be utterly nonsense’

  

  President-elect Horacio Cartes said that even when some aspects of Mercosur can be improved it “would be utterly nonsense” to abandon the block since it generates many jobs in the country, attracts investment and is an opportunity to open markets.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 02:04 UTC

  Brazil conditions Paraguay’s return to Mercosur to approval of Venezuela’s membership

  

  Brazil conditions the immediate return of Paraguay to Mercosur to the approval, by the new congress, of Venezuela’s full incorporation to the trade block, according to the influential Folha de Sao Paulo quoting foreign ministry reliable sources.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 01:55 UTC

  Venezuela warns it will react to any US sanctions or meddling in internal affairs

  

  Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on Monday that Venezuela will resort to “trade, energy, economic and political” measures if the United States applies sanctions or keeps meddling in the internal affairs of the country.

• Monday, April 22nd 2013 - 08:30 UTC

  Colombian president moves to eliminate consecutive re-election

  

  Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has signalled he may run for re-election in 2014, but only if he can serve for just two more years, half the usual term, and change the rules for future heads of state.

• Monday, April 22nd 2013 - 07:49 UTC

  Cartes invites the opposition to work with him and sends message to Brazil

  

  In his victory speech Paraguay president-elect Horacio Cartes said he expects to win the confidence of all the Paraguayan population and called on the opposition to work for the good of the nation. He also had a direct reference to the neighbouring giant saying he wanted to work with Brazil, a ‘brother-country’.

• Monday, April 22nd 2013 - 07:43 UTC

  Mathematician will be responsible for putting Venezuelan inflation back on its feet

  

  President Nicolas Maduro replaced Venezuelan Finance Minister Jorge Giordani, appointing central bank chief Nelson Merentes in his place two days after being sworn in as Hugo Chavez's successor.

• Monday, April 22nd 2013 - 07:26 UTC

  Cartes, a self-made millionaire who has pledged to transform Paraguay

  

  President-elect Horacio Cartes is one of Paraguay's wealthiest men with businesses in tobacco, finance, farming, retail and the soft drinks industry among others. Brash and ambitious, Cartes had never voted before joining the conservative Colorado Party in 2009.

• Monday, April 22nd 2013 - 06:40 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez and Mujica tell Cartes, Mercosur ‘is waiting for the return of Paraguay’

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez congratulated Paraguayan president-elect Horacio Cartes for his ample victory in Sunday’s election and said Mercosur was waiting for the return of the country to the trade block.