Politics

• Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 07:25 UTC

  Griesa authorizes Citibank to pay restructured bonds under Argentine law

  

  New York District judge Thomas Griesa has authorized Citibank to complete the transfer of 85 million dollars to holders of restructured Argentine bonds under Argentine law, meeting debt services that expire on December 31.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 04:38 UTC

  Released documents: Reagan's apologies to Thatcher over the invasion of Grenada

  

  A recorded conversation between an apologetic Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher over the invasion of Grenada has been published for the first time. Baroness Thatcher was angered that she was not consulted before the US invaded a Commonwealth state.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 04:34 UTC

  Minister Swire underlines business opportunities for UK companies in Paraguay

  

  UK Minister for Latin America, Hugo Swire, spoke of the growing presence of UK in Latin America and more specifically on the expanding links with Paraguay. Minister Swire said UK was determined to deepen its commercial ties with a rising Latin America and described Paraguay as a perfect trade and investment partner for UK, particularly since British oil industry has struck oil in the Chaco region.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 04:16 UTC

  Unasur ready to help Venezuela organize a “major social pact” to overcome the current situation

  

  Venezuela needs a 'major social agreement' to adjust its economy and overcome the current and persistent political conflicts in the country, said Ernesto Samper, chairman of Unasur (Union of South American Nations) during a visit to Brasilia.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 04:00 UTC

  Falklands' British 'colonial occupation' condemned by Parlasur

  

  The Mercosur parliament, Parlasur, in a special Monday session held in Montevideo, rejected British 'control' over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and described the situation as a colonial conflict of 'global' proportion which threatens the region.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 09:13 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas issue to be debated at the Parlasur Parliament

  

  The Falklands/Malvinas dispute and 'colonialism' will be discussed on Monday during an extraordinary session of the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, in Montevideo with the attendance of Argentine and Uruguayan foreign ministers Hector Timerman and Luis Almagro.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 09:08 UTC

  “Nothing and no one can stand in the way of freedom” says Berlin mayor

  

  More than a million Germans and people from around the world celebrated on Sunday the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the event that more than any other marked the end of the Cold War.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 08:37 UTC

  Argentine president begins ten-day resting period in Olivos

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was discharged on Sunday from Otamendi hospital where she had been admitted a week ago to be treated for sigmoiditis, an infection of the colon.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 07:43 UTC

  Over two million Catalans vote in the “consultation of citizens” challenging Madrid

  

  Millions of Catalans voted on Sunday in a symbolic referendum on independence from Spain that supporters hope will propel the issue further despite opposition from Madrid.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 07:34 UTC

  Latam Energy Organization approves statement on “Malvinas sovereignty”

  

  Energy ministers from the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE, meeting in San Salvador approved last Friday a statement on “Malvinas Islands sovereignty” referred to the “illegal hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation undertaken in the Islands surrounding waters”, points out a release from the Argentine Foreign ministry.