Mercosur

• 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 - 21:14 UTC

  Insufficient harvests and soaring prices anticipate another world food crisis

  

  With droughts parching farms in the United States and near the Black Sea, weak monsoon rains in India and persistent hunger in Africa's Sahel region, the world could be headed towards another food crisis, experts say.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 21:10 UTC

  Royal Navy presents computer images of Type 26 combat ship planned for 2020

  

  The latest design of the Royal Navy's Type 26 Global Combat Ship (T26 GCS), the next generation of warships, was unveiled on Monday. The UK Ministry of Defence has released images showing the basic specification of the T26 GCS, which is a significant milestone in the development of this program.

• 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 - 20:45 UTC

  Falklands improves livestock haulage to ensure steady supply to meat plant

  

  Falkland Islands livestock haulage should become easier in the forthcoming season with the introduction of suitable sized crates and equipment for both East and West Falkland, reports the Penguin News.

• 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 - 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.

• Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 06:12 UTC

  First shipment from Mercosur latest member to the south: 14.000 tons of urea

  

  Venezuela dispatched on Friday a shipment of 14.000 tons of urea for Brazil and Uruguay, the first since becoming a full member of Mercosur, reported the official Venezuelan news agency.

• Thursday, August 16th 2012 - 04:52 UTC

  Unasur not after reinstatement of Lugo; wants political dialogue in Paraguay

  

  Unasur (Union of South American Nations) wants to closely accompany the democratic restoration process in Paraguay and is not after the reinstatement of removed president Fernando Lugo, said Peruvian Foreign Affairs minister Rafael Roncagliolo.