Latin America

• Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 15:42 UTC

  Deforestation deadline initiative watered down by lack of support from Brazil

  

  More than 30 countries set the first-ever deadline on Tuesday to end deforestation by 2030, but the feasibility of such a goal was eroded when a key player, Brazil, said it would not join.

• Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 06:32 UTC

  Morales opens indigenous peoples conference in New York blasting capitalism

  

  Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, inaugurated the first World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at the UN on Monday and said he is living proof that the community can “govern and not just vote.”

• Tuesday, September 23rd 2014 - 11:11 UTC

  Rousseff's government denies Brazil has any 'imperial' intentions

  

  President Dilma Rousseff's main foreign affairs' advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia denied Brazil has any “imperial intentions” in reply to claims relative to Cuba from presidential opposition candidate Marina Silva.

• Tuesday, September 23rd 2014 - 04:56 UTC

  “Just you wait; I'm coming” president Maduro tells US main newspapers

  

  Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has said he will travel to New York this week for his debut appearance as president at the United Nations General Assembly despite “racist” editorials against him in major US newspapers.

• Monday, September 22nd 2014 - 04:44 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez to address the UN General Assembly on Wednesday

  

  Following her meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez arrived in New York, where she is expected to deliver a speech at the UN’s 69th General Assembly on Wednesday.

• Monday, September 22nd 2014 - 04:16 UTC

  Mujica brags on foreign policy; Latam ready to play a larger role in peace issues, Europe has lost clout

  

  Uruguay's president Jose Mujica said the latest world events show that Europe 'has lost clout' in global affairs, and has lost strength as 'peace mediator', and this role could be “much better performed by Latin America”.

• Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 09:26 UTC

  Samper in Argentina updates Unasur agenda with Timerman

  

  Unasur Secretary General Ernesto Samper in his first overseas official trip this week visited Argentina, where he met with President Cristina Fernandez and foreign minister Hector Timerman, and also held a round of political talks and other ministerial meetings.

• Friday, September 19th 2014 - 07:09 UTC

  South Atlantic whale sanctuary rejected at the IWC meeting

  

  The world's whaling watchdog rejected a bid to expand protection in the South Atlantic. The issue were put to a vote on the closing day of the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) 65th meeting in Slovenia.

• Thursday, September 18th 2014 - 05:51 UTC

  OAS observers for Peru's regional and municipal elections on 5 October

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) and Peru´s National Elections Jury (JNE) signed the Agreement on the Electoral Observation Process of the Mission that the OAS will deploy in the country to observe the regional and municipal elections to be held on October 5.

• Tuesday, September 16th 2014 - 05:20 UTC

  Santander new chairwoman confirms full control of the Brazil branch

  

  Spanish banking giant Santander under its new executive chairperson Ana Botin announced on Monday the purchase of the remaining 25% of Banco Santander Brasil which it did not already own.