Latin America

• Thursday, December 2nd 2010 - 06:32 UTC

  Ambitious Ibero-American conference takes off in Mar del Plata

  

  The coming XX Ibero-American summit which opens next Friday in Mar del Plata, Argentina will have as main objective a commitment from the 22 country members to invest 76 billion Euros in education during the next decade.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2010 - 03:43 UTC

  Uruguay‘s ratification gives Unasur legal status (nine out of twelve)

  

  Uruguay became this week the ninth country to ratify the Unasur (Union of South American Nations) foundation charter thus giving full legal effectiveness to the twelve-nation group.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2010 - 22:24 UTC

  Public opinion perception of corruption in Chile remains high

  

  Just over 30% of Chileans consider state corruption in Chile to be extensive; but this is down 23% from 2006.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2010 - 07:31 UTC

  South America’s main naval show takes off in Chile; HMS Gloucester present

  

  With the participation of delegations from 34 countries South America’s largest naval exposition was officially opened Tuesday in Valaparaíso. The seventh edition of ExpoNaval is scheduled to last until next Friday with business deals reaching 600 million US dollars according to the organizers.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2010 - 07:07 UTC

  UK company secures contract to repair and maintain Chilean navy frigates

  

  UK BAE Systems has secured a two year extended agreement with Chilean ship build and repair organisation ASMAR to provide support to the country's navy Type 22 and Type 23 frigates in a move that is set to enhance Chile's naval capability.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2010 - 05:49 UTC

  OAS and Caricom validate Sunday’s election in Haiti in spite of fraud allegations

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, and the countries of the Caribbean Common Market, Caricom, have validated Sunday’s presidential election despite irregularities that generated protests and allegations of fraud.

• Monday, November 29th 2010 - 20:01 UTC

  Unasur ban‘huge negative impact’ on Falkland Islands?

  

  “A HUGE negative impact on us,” is how one Falklands fishing company views the Union of South American Nations’ declared intention to close their ports to Falklands flagged vessels, or in their words, ‘the illegal flag of the Malvinas’.

• Monday, November 29th 2010 - 06:49 UTC

  Haiti presidential candidates claim elections were rigged; UN urges for calm

  

  Unite Nations officials Sunday expressed “deep concern at numerous incidents” that disrupted Haiti's pivotal national elections that saw violence and protests over alleged fraud.

• Saturday, November 27th 2010 - 13:24 UTC

  Ecuador and Colombia re-establish full diplomatic relations

  

  The presidents of Colombia and Ecuador announced Friday they will resume full diplomatic relations after more than two years of estrangement.

• Saturday, November 27th 2010 - 12:06 UTC

  Unasur unable to agree on secretary; closes all ports to ‘illegal’ Malvinas flagged vessels

  

  The presidents of Unasur (Union of South American Nations) meeting at a summit in Guyana paid homage to former president Nestor Kirchner, agreed to incorporate a “democratic clause” to the group’s charter, left for next month a decision on who will be named the next secretary general and had a special mention to the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the UK. Argentina also revealed that the post should be occupied by an Argentine.