Politics

Monday, May 27th 2013 - 02:59 UTC
Colombia and rebels reach agreement of agrarian reform and development of rural areas

Colombia and the Marxist-led FARC rebels have reached agreement on the critical issue of agrarian reform, the two sides said in what appeared to be a major step forward for the peace process aimed at ending their long war.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 02:54 UTC
Brazil warns Uruguay on Pacific Alliance plans: Mercosur can only act as ‘a block’

Mercosur must negotiate any possible incorporation to the Alliance of the Pacific “as a block” since it is important that its member countries remain ‘united’ and respect the current charter, said the Mercosur High Representative, Ambassador Ivan Ramalho from Brazil.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 02:41 UTC
Brazil cancels 900 million dollars of African countries debt

Brazil has announced that it will cancel or restructure almost 900m dollars worth of debt with Africa. Oil- and gas-rich Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania and Zambia are among the 12 African countries to benefit. The move is seen as an effort to boost economic ties between the world's seventh largest economy and the African continent.
Monday, May 27th 2013 - 01:49 UTC
Paraguay demands respect from Mercosur, “if not leave us as we are”

The Argentine ambassador to Uruguay, Dante Dovena, assured that authorities are “working intensely” in preparations for the next Mercosur summit scheduled to take place on June 28th in Montevideo. However news form Paraguay doesn’t indicate the same optimism and are demanding respect for ‘the country’s dignity and rule of the law”.
Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 05:45 UTC
All ready for the massive ‘decade won’ celebration of ten years of Kirchnerite rule

All is ready for the massive ‘decade won’ celebration that President Cristina Fernández plans to hold on Saturday May 25 to commemorate the ten years since her late husband Nestor Kirchner first took office, but which must also be interpreted as a rally in support of her administration battered by inflation, a slowing economy, political battles and growing claims of rampant corruption.
Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 05:34 UTC
Falkland Islands elected lawmaker will attend C24 regional seminar in Ecuador

Falkland Islands elected lawmaker Mike Summers will attend next week the Caribbean Regional Seminar of the Special Committee on Decolonization which is to be held in Quito, Ecuador in anticipation of the main C24 annual meeting in New York.
Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 05:16 UTC
Former Guatemalan president extradited to face money laundering charges in US

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money laundering charges, the US embassy in Guatemala said. A US grand jury decided in 2009 that Portillo, who was in office from 2000 to 2004, should face charges that he laundered 70 million dollars through US banks.
Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 05:11 UTC
Brazil’s employment rate remains stable but job creation slowed in recent months

Brazil's jobless rate rose slightly in April for the fourth straight month but remained near record lows, suggesting that tight labour conditions bolstered a gradual recovery and fed into inflation, statistics agency IBGE said this week.
Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 04:29 UTC
Paraguay becomes observer of the Alliance of the Pacific, despite Brazil and Mercosur

The Alliance of the Pacific announced this week that Paraguay had been accepted as an observer of the regional group. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos chair and host of the alliance summit in Cali made it official during the reading of the final declaration.
Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 04:17 UTC
Gibraltar becomes 54th member of UEFA and will dispute the Euro Cup 2016

Gibraltar has been accepted as a full member of UEFA, European football's governing body. The application was approved on Friday on a majority vote at the organisation's congress in London, with no votes against and no abstentions.