Latin America

Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 01:39 UTC
Paraguayan president plans round of visits to Mercosur neighbours

Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes will be making a round of visits to neighbouring countries beginning with Argentina, which will be followed by Brazil, Uruguay and Chile before the end of the year, revealed foreign ministry sources.
Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 01:19 UTC
Brazilian foreign minister removed following diplomatic incident with Bolivia

Brazilian foreign minister Antonio Patriota has stepped down and will be replaced by the current representative before United Nations Ambassador Luis Alberto Figueiredo Machado, it was confirmed Monday evening by the spokesperson from President Dilma Rousseff’s office.
Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 01:13 UTC
Cristina Fernandez sends bill to reopen third debt swap and calls on God to illuminate US Supreme Court

Argentina will send a bill to Congress this week to reopen a debt restructuring for those creditors who haven’t accepted previous swaps after the nation’s 2001 default, said President Cristina Fernandez Monday evening on national television.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 07:30 UTC
Bolivian Senator arrives in Brazil after being granted political asylum

Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto, who had taken refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz, left the country in an official Brazilian vehicle escorted by soldiers, Brazilian Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Ricardo Ferraço said on Sunday.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 03:43 UTC
Brazil surprised by Dilma Rousseff’s ‘city tour’ adventure on a Harley-Davidson

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff had a long standing wish and it was finally made true with the help of an accomplice and high ranking official from her administration: a ride in motorbike to see Brasilia first hand without being recognized.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 03:10 UTC
Royal Bank of Canada raid incident in Uruguay continues to be controversial

Uruguay’s Deputy Economy minister Alejandro Antonelli denied any ‘short-circuits’ in the government regarding the Royal Bank of Canada’s raid incident, just a ‘matter of differences’, but insisted that the whole issue is positive for Uruguay since it shows the country’s commitment in combating money laundering and other possible financial crimes.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 02:49 UTC
Some 60% of Argentine children in urban areas suffer deficit of basic rights

Almost 60%, more precisely, 59.1%, of Argentine children in urban areas suffer lack of coverage in their basic rights, according to a release from the Argentine Catholic University referred to infancy rights and included in the latest Social Debt Barometer report.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 02:30 UTC
First gay couple, Sergio and Rodolfo officially married in Uruguay

The first gay couple to register to marry in Uruguay when a new equal marriage law took effect on 5 August, have married as gay rights activists celebrate in the country. Sergio Miranda and Rodrigo Borda married in Montevideo last Thursday accompanied by 30 friends and family, US Ambassador Julissa Reynoso and around a hundred members of the media.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 02:10 UTC
Cristina Fernandez will not bid for presidency in 2015, ‘under no circumstances’

The head of a powerful union supportive of the Argentine government said that during the recent ‘social dialogue round’ held in Rio Gallegos with business and labour leaders President Cristina Fernandez affirmed with no margin of doubt that she will not be bidding for the presidency in 2015.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 02:00 UTC
Colombia and FARC resume peace negotiations; 13 soldiers killed by the guerrilla

Colombia’s government announced that peace talks with the country’s largest guerrilla organization FARC were resuming despite the insurgents killed 13 soldiers Saturday in an ambush. The chief government negotiator said both sides would be back at the table on Monday morning in Havana where the negotiations are taking place.