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Montevideo, July 3rd 2025 - 04:42 UTC

Latin America

  • Monday, June 16th 2014 - 07:04 UTC

    Santos and his promise of peace wins the run off in Colombia

    Colombian president addressed his militants (Photo AP)

    Incumbent President candidate Juan Manuel Santos was reelected by a margin of over 5 percentage points in the second round of Colombia's’s elections, defeating conservative Democratic Center candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who concede defeat and congratulated the winner.

  • Monday, June 16th 2014 - 06:58 UTC

    Pacific Alliance wants to 'expand influence' through cooperation with other groups

    Mexican minister Guajardo says integration with observer countries is possible in specific areas

    The Pacific Alliance will try to 'expand its influence' through agreements with other blocks to improve cooperation in different fields while targeting a “wider integration” in the region, said Mexico's Economy minister Ildefonso Guajardo. The Alliance is holding its summit this week in Punta Mita, Mexico when the chair of the group will pass from Colombia on to Mexico.

  • Monday, June 16th 2014 - 06:46 UTC

    Merkel fully committed to reach an EU/Mercosur trade deal

    The German Chancellor met on Sunday with President Rousseff in Brasilia

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel assured Brazil on Sunday that she will do her utmost to bring to successful end negotiations for a cooperation and free trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur.

  • Monday, June 16th 2014 - 06:32 UTC

    Irish farmers fear 'decimation' from a Mercosur/EU trade agreement

    MEP Harkin: “any concessions have to be strongly rejected”

    The determination of European Commission President Manuel Barroso to conclude a deal with Mercosur before he leaves office posed a severe threat to Ireland's interest, Independent MEP Marian Harkin has warned in a piece reported by Irish Independent.

  • Monday, June 16th 2014 - 06:26 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez and Mujica, so close but ever so distant

    Almagro sent a letter to Timerman inviting him to dialogue but also recalling a long list of non delivered Argentine promises

    The lasted chapter of the resurgent diplomatic conflict between Argentina and Uruguay was not addressed during a brief encounter of presidents Cristina Fernandez and Jose Mujica in Bolivia where they attended the G77 plus China summit over the weekend.

  • Monday, June 16th 2014 - 05:52 UTC

    G77 plus China summit confirms the close ties of Beijing with Latin America

    Evo Morales hosted the meeting which convened representatives from 133 countries

    The summit of G77 leaders plus China wrapped up Sunday with a call for an end to poverty by 2030, after a demand by Bolivia's President Evo Morales to eliminate the UN Security Council. It also marked the presence of Beijing which has become the leading trade partner of many Latam countries.

  • Monday, June 16th 2014 - 05:38 UTC

    Support for Argentina's 'Malvinas question' in the G77 plus China summit

    Cristina Fernández attended the two-day summit which also included UN Ban Ki moon

    The G77 plus China extraordinary summit which took place in Bolivia over the weekend approved two statements in support of Argentina's position in the 'Malvinas Islands question' and a second referred to the current conflict with holdout hedge funds, a long running litigation that has reached the US Supreme Court. Argentine president Cristina Fernández attended the Santa Cruz de la Sierra event.

  • Monday, June 16th 2014 - 05:26 UTC

    Bolivia honors visiting Ban Ki-moon with a coca leaves birthday cake

    “The Bolivian people will never forget your visit,” Morales told Ban in front of hundreds gathered for the presentation of the cake

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon got an unusual treat for his 70th birthday when the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, presented him with a cake made with coca leaves. The UN chief was in Santa Cruz, Bolivia for a meeting this weekend of the G77 group of countries to discuss measures for reducing poverty.

  • Saturday, June 14th 2014 - 09:39 UTC

    Colombian business community openly sides with Santos and the peace talks

    Billionaire Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo spoke up in favor of ongoing peace negotiations with the FARC

    President Juan Manuel Santos’ re-election bid received the backing of a large group of Colombia’s most important businessmen and the country’s wealthiest man, billionaire Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo, who spoke up in favor of ongoing peace negotiations with the FARC.

  • Friday, June 13th 2014 - 09:02 UTC

    Colombia Sunday's election: a referendum on the peace talks with FARC

    Santos is running for re-election and Zuluaga is the challenger

    Colombians pick a new president on Sunday in a tight runoff election, kind of referendum, fought over whether peace talks with Marxist inspired and drugs financed guerrillas, or a renewed military offensive stand the best chance of ending 50 years of war in the country rich in resources and with one of the more stable economies in the region.