Latin America

• Tuesday, March 31st 2015 - 11:47 UTC

  OAS General Assembly to be held in Washington following Haiti's declination

  

  The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) decided on Monday to hold the 45th meeting of its General Assembly on June 15/16 at its headquarters in Washington, DC, after Haiti declined to host the event.

• Monday, March 30th 2015 - 06:20 UTC

  Cruise lines are preparing for the Cuban rush of US tourists

  

  Although U.S. tourists are still technically banned from visiting the Caribbean country, one of the world's last remaining authoritarian regimes, the process of normalizing relations between the U.S. and Cuba has the cruise industry ready to pounce, according to Maritime Link.

• Saturday, March 28th 2015 - 11:29 UTC

  British experts in sports security visited Uruguay to exchange experiences

  

  British experts in sports security visited Uruguay and shared experiences in sports security management with their counterparts. The UK delegation was made up of Sue Storey, Director of Sports and International Development, and Geoff Galilee, Sports Football Clubs Inspector of the Sports Ground Safety Authorization, SGSA.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 08:57 UTC

  Uruguay's economy expanded 3.5% in 2014, completing over a decade of sustained growth

  

  Uruguay's GDP expanded a strong 3.5% during 2014 over the previous year, with positive activity in most sectors of the Mercosur member economy, according to the latest report from the Central bank. The result was in line with government officials expectations of 3% growth last year.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Mercosur is being left out of the main global trade flows, argues Uruguay

  

  Mercosur is being left out of the main global trade flows since it only belongs to 1% of free trade treaties or tariff preference agreements, which actually represent half of world trade, said Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa during a conference on “Education and regional integration”.

• Saturday, March 21st 2015 - 05:45 UTC

  OAS observation mission to Bolivia's regional elections on 29 March

  

  Bolivia and the Organization of American States, OAS, signed an agreement for the deployment of an observation mission to regional elections on 29 March in the landlocked country.

• Thursday, March 19th 2015 - 08:33 UTC

  Almagro pledges an end to OAS fragmentation and a hemisphere without exclusions

  

  Uruguay's former Foreign minister Luis Almagro was elected on Wednesday by the member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) as Secretary General for the next five years, during the XLIX Special General Assembly held at the OAS headquarters in Washington DC.

• Thursday, March 19th 2015 - 08:27 UTC

  Belize representative elected OAS Assistant Secretary General

  

  The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) elected on Wednesday the Permanent Representative of Belize, Ambassador Nestor Mendez, as the next Assistant Secretary General of the hemispheric institution.

• Thursday, March 19th 2015 - 07:26 UTC

  Uruguay's Economy minister warns about Mercosur and Brazilian situation

  

  Uruguay's Economy minister Danilo Astori warned about the new regional and international context, not so favorable to his country's interests as in recent years, and underlined that Mercosur is going through one of its worst moments since foundation in 1991.

• Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 08:28 UTC

  Rousseff pledges talks with critics and admits government needs to show humility

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged to hold talks with her growing number of critics and said her embattled government needed to show humility, after the Sunday massive protests erupted across the country.