Latin America

• Tuesday, April 9th 2013 - 02:10 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ delegation expected in Mexico to talk about referendum results

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker Dr. Barry Elsby and young Islander Krysteen Ormond are expected this week in Mexico with a full agenda of political contacts and media interviews referred to the March referendum when Islanders by an overwhelming turnout and support, 92% and 99.8%, decided to continue as a British Overseas Territory.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 19:39 UTC

  Chilean president describes Thatcher as a ‘brave woman’ and ‘a great loss for the world’

  

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera said that the death of Margaret Thatcher “is a great loss for the world”, while relatives and followers of Augusto Pinochet recalled how close the two leaders were and the support extended to the military regime.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 05:00 UTC

  Mujica ungagged: Nestor Kirchner a ‘difficult and slimy’ guy, but also had his positive side

  

  President Jose Mujica acid comments on Argentina’s presidential couple Cristina Fernandez-Nestor Kirchner were further developed in a monthly magazine which on Saturday published a long article with the Uruguayan leader, although it must be pointed out that the interview was dated March 18th.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 04:51 UTC

  Capriles massive rally in Caracas but still trailing Maduro will less than a week

  

  With less than a week for 14 April, hundreds of thousands of supporters on Sunday crammed Caracas' streets in what Venezuelan opposition presidential hopeful Henrique Capriles, trailing in the polls, called a fast-changing tide.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 04:47 UTC

  Russia’s Gazprom after Bolivian natural gas; takes 20% stake in Total fields

  

  Russia’s Gazprom will buy a 20% stake in Total SA’s gas fields in Bolivia. Total will retain 60% ownership in the fields, while a unit of Argentina’s Techint Group holds 20”, announced Bolivia’s Energy minister Juan Jose Sosa.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 01:43 UTC

  OAS anti-corruption commission begins on-site visit to Uruguay

  

  An OAS anti-corruption commission begins Monday a three day on-site visit to Uruguay as part of a review process of the Mechanism for follow-up on implementation of the Inter-American convention against corruption, MESICIC.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:49 UTC

  Bachelet pledges to make Chilean education free and accessible at all levels

  

  Former Chilean president and pre-candidate for this year’s election, Michelle Bachelet announced during her first campaign rally that if elected her first bill will be addressed to put an end to ‘education for profit’ and make schooling at all levels free and accessible to all.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:45 UTC

  Falklands’ delegation meets in Panama with keen interest in referendum results

  

  Panama City. (Special for MercoPress). As part of an on-going tour of Central America, Falkland Islands lawmaker Dr Barry Elsby and young Islander Krysteen Ormond spent four days in Panama building links and sharing the results of the Islands’ historic March 10/1 referendum.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:22 UTC

  Brazil new defence purchases policy based on ‘geopolitical interests and technology transfer’

  

  Brazil’s defence purchases mainly arms will be ruled by strategic priorities such as geopolitical interests and technology transfers and not only price, according to a decree published in the Official Gazette from the Union.

• Saturday, April 6th 2013 - 04:14 UTC

  “Nothing or nobody” can separate Argentina and Uruguay, Mujica tells the world

  

  Despite Uruguayan President Jose Mujica had anticipated he would give no further explanations about his at least controversial remarks about Argentina’s presidencial couple, Cristina and Néstor Kirchner, the Uruguayan leader on Friday midday stated in his daily broadcast that “nothing or nobody” could separate the brotherly nations.