Politics

Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 06:17 UTC
Bachelet first overseas trip to Argentina next April

Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet will travel to Argentina in April for what will be her first official visit since being re-elected for office, the nation's Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz confirmed on Wednesday. Muñoz was accompanied by Argentine Héctor Timerman as he made the announcement.
Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 05:52 UTC
Falklands, trade, Mercosur/EU, oil and gas, in Swire's agenda in Uruguay

Bilateral trade, Mercosur/EU talks, oil and gas cooperation, and Falkland Islands, plus some audacious comments on the coming World Cup match Uruguay/England, were some of the issues addressed by Foreign Office minister for Latin-American Hugo Swire during his one day visit to Uruguay on Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 12th 2014 - 07:55 UTC
Bachelet pledges to tackle 'inequality' and draft a new constitution

Socialist Michelle Bachelet promised to tackle inequality as she took the oath of office on Tuesday, returning to power after four years to lead Chile. Bachelet succeeds conservative Sebastian Piñera, who said he was leaving his successor “a better country than the one we had four years ago.”
Wednesday, March 12th 2014 - 07:49 UTC
Ecuador's Lasso Mendoza elected chair of the 2014 Decolonization Committee

Ecuador' Xavier Lasso Mendoza was elected by 'acclamation' as Chair of the 2014 session of the Special Committee on Decolonization together with Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez (Cuba), Vandi Chidi Minah (Sierra Leone) and Desra Percaya (Indonesia), as Vice-Chairs, and Bashar Ja’afari (Syria), as Rapporteur, according to the UN release.
Wednesday, March 12th 2014 - 07:43 UTC
“Encouraging signs of rejuvenation” from the UN Decolonization Committee

For the first time in many years, the UN decolonization unit held several meetings with each of the four administering powers: United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and the United States, as well as various other “stakeholders”, in order to identify next steps in the decolonization process.
Wednesday, March 12th 2014 - 07:28 UTC
Brazil car production up in February but sales dropped in the two months

Motor vehicle production in Brazil surged in February after auto workers returned from vacations, but production remains below levels seen in 2013 and sales have also dropped in the first two months of the year.
Wednesday, March 12th 2014 - 07:22 UTC
Unasur foreign ministers expected to call for dialogue and peace talks in Venezuela

Foreign ministers from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) will be drafting a statement calling for peace and dialogue to end the month-long clashes in Venezuela when they be meeting on Wednesday in Santiago de Chile. The meeting and agenda have the support from the Venezuelan government.
Tuesday, March 11th 2014 - 20:17 UTC
Minister Swire representing the UK as the inauguration of President Bachelet

Hugo Swire MP, Minister of State for Latin America in the British Foreign Office is in Chile representing the UK at the inauguration of President Michelle Bachelet. In addition to attending official activities as part of the presidential inauguration, Minister Swire’s program will be focused on strengthening UK-Chile ties in areas such as trade and investment, science and innovation and education.
Tuesday, March 11th 2014 - 06:44 UTC
Argentina with no serious economic problems, “just complexities and challenges”

Economy Minister Axel Kicillof argued that Argentina does not have serious economic problems, but rather “complexities, difficulties and challenges,” and accused economists and dissident media outlets of orchestrating a campaign to generate an “end of the world” feeling among members of society.
Tuesday, March 11th 2014 - 06:37 UTC
Cristina Fernandez invited to visit Europe and establish a closer dialogue

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman has revealed that the European Union has requested direct talks with Argentina, after a meeting held between President Cristina Fernández and European Commission vice-president Antonio Tajani on the sides of the official inauguration of Michelle Bachelet as Chilean president.