Latin America

• Tuesday, August 21st 2012 - 01:57 UTC

  Re-re-election of Cristina Fernandez fully integrated to the political agenda of Argentina

  

  Several groups allied to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez are actively promoting a constitutional review that would allow re-election for a third consecutive four year mandate. The last Argentine constitutional review was in 1994 when the four-year mandate was introduced with the possibility of an only immediate re-election, thus modifying the six year mandate but with no re-election.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 22:30 UTC

  Ecuadoreans march in support of President Correa and Assange

  

  Hundreds of Ecuadoreans marched on Monday in support of the government's decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a saga that could help President Rafael Correa if he seeks re-election.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 20:55 UTC

  Falklands appoint landscape impact assessment consultant for new harbour development

  

  The Falkland Islands government has appointed Macclesfield based consultancy Tyler Grange to undertake a landscape and visual impact assessment for a new harbour development near the capital Stanley.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 06:41 UTC

  Argentina accuses EU before WTO for restriction imposed on bio-fuel imports

  

  Argentina has taken the first steps toward formally accusing the European Union of violating World Trade Organization rules in a dispute over restrictions on bio-fuels exports to the EU from the Mercosur member country.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 04:54 UTC

  Calderón reveals he was alerted of plans by Mexican cartels to kill him

  

  Mexican President Felipe Calderón was warned during the early years of his administration of a credible threat to assassinate him while he was in the presidential jet, Mexican media reported on Sunday.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 04:45 UTC

  Unasur calls for dialogue to solve the controversy between Ecuador and the UK

  

  The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) called for dialogue to solve the crisis between Ecuador and Great Britain regarding the diplomatic asylum granted by the Andean country to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange who is holed in at the embassy in London.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 04:39 UTC

  Ecuador willing to resume talks once UK withdraws ‘threat’ regarding embassy

  

  Ecuador has been, and is open to dialogue to the UK if London withdraws its “threat” to raid the embassy in London to arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, according to Ecuador’s Foreign minister Ricardo Patiño who revealed that the two countries had been holding bilateral discussions on the issue for the last two months.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 04:31 UTC

  Assange claims UK police tried to enter Ecuadorean embassy last Wednesday

  

  Speaking on Sunday in front of the condor of the Ecuadorean coat of arms on the white balcony railing of the embassy in London, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange thanked President Rafael Correa and Ecuador's diplomats, whom he praised for standing up against oppression, but also revealed the police tried to break in last Wednesday.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 04:28 UTC

  Assange calls on President Obama to end the witch-hunt against Wikileaks

  

  The founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange used the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy on Sunday to berate the United States for threatening freedom of expression and called on President Barack Obama to end what he called a witch-hunt against his whistle-blowing website.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 01:42 UTC

  Ecuador insists in Mercosur interest, but admits it will be a long process

  

  Ecuador has reiterated its intention of joining Mercosur but this needs to be compatible with the rules from the Community of Andean Nations, CAN, (to which it now belongs) said Ecuadorean ambassador Horacio Sevilla Borja.