Latin America

Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 03:42 UTC
Colombia and FARC ready for peace talks with support from Cuba and Norway

Colombia's government will soon begin talks that could lead to formal negotiations for peace with the country's biggest guerrilla group, known as the FARC, according to a Colombian intelligence source.
Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 03:36 UTC
YPF trying to convince Chevron to help develop massive shale deposits in Neuquen

Argentina’s nationalized oil and gas company YPF and the head of Latin American and African operations for Chevron Corp. are discussing a potential agreement to develop the massive Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas formation in the Patagonian province of Neuquén.
Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 03:32 UTC
Mexico launches dispute at WTO against Argentina’ import licensing rules

Following similar complaints against Argentina by the European Union, United States and Japan, Mexico has launched its first dispute against Argentina at the World Trade Organization, the WTO announced on Monday.
Monday, August 27th 2012 - 06:05 UTC
Ecuador receives full support from OAS Ministers in dispute with UK over Assange case

The Foreign Ministers of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved last Friday a resolution supporting the inviolability of diplomatic premises, in accordance with the provisions of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, in the context of the situation created between Ecuador and the United Kingdom.
Monday, August 27th 2012 - 04:21 UTC
Venezuela’s biggest refinery fire and explosion kills 41, hundreds injured

Venezuela's biggest refinery is on track to restart within two days, the Energy minister said on Sunday, a day after an explosion and fire there killed 41people in one of the global oil industry's deadliest accidents.
Monday, August 27th 2012 - 03:54 UTC
UK/Ecuador defuse row, pledge commitment to diplomatic solution for Assange dispute

Britain said it remained committed to reaching a diplomatic solution to the presence of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Ecuador's London embassy, after both countries took steps to defuse a row over his action in taking refuge there.
Friday, August 24th 2012 - 06:18 UTC
Paraguayan Senate defies Mercosur: votes against Venezuela’s incorporation

The Paraguayan Senate, at the heart of serious regional diplomatic dispute, voted by a solid majority against the incorporation of Venezuela as full member of Mercosur. Thirty one Senators rejected the Venezuelan Protocol of Adhesion, three supported it and eleven left the floor before the vote was taken.
Friday, August 24th 2012 - 05:49 UTC
Correa recalls the UK non extradition of Pinochet on “humanitarian reasons”

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said that Britain's failure to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet more than a decade ago means it has no right to lecture others over the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Friday, August 24th 2012 - 05:44 UTC
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa sounds the bugle

By Sean Burges (*) Is Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa really saying that we cannot trust the judicial systems in Britain and Sweden? By granting Julian Assange asylum, he has implicitly stated the British judicial process is flawed and that Sweden is a slavish servant of the US government.
Friday, August 24th 2012 - 05:15 UTC
Colombia changes Finance minister but confirms open-economy business friendly policy

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos moved Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas to head the finance post on Thursday in a surprise move. At the midpoint of his four-year term, Santos asked all 16 ministers to resign, including Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry, and set the stage for a cabinet shuffle aimed at shoring up his slumping approval ratings.