Politics

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 07:47 UTC

  Paraguayan president will not attend Mercosur summit in Caracas

  

  Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes will not be participating in the Mercosur summit scheduled to be held next month in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, which currently holds the rotating chair of the bloc, according to Paraguay foreign minister Eladio Loizaga.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 07:38 UTC

  Argentina finds archives belonging to the military dictatorship

  

  Argentina Defense Minister Agustín Rossi announced on Monday the finding of a vast quantity of archives belonging to the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976-83, including minutes that document 280 secret meetings held by the Armed Forces in those crucial years.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 07:26 UTC

  South America's major military air exercise takes off in the north of Brazil

  

  An international military exercise, organized by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and considered the largest in South America, began Monday at the country's two northeastern air bases, with the participation of air forces from Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. Argentina dropped out at last moment.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 07:23 UTC

  Mercosur meets in Caracas to consolidate `'joint and only presentation' before EU

  

  Mercosur members will be holding an extraordinary meeting in Caracas on 15 November to define an 'only joint position of the group ahead of the presentation to the European Union, in the framework of negotiations for the trade and cooperation accord, said Venezuelan foreign minister Elías Jaua.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 07:17 UTC

  The Economist: Cristina Fernández should build bridges to her opponents, or risk leaving office early

  

  Under the heading of 'Cristina’s come-uppance', The Economist comments the result of the midterm election in Argentina and makes a forecast of the possible future scenarios in the next two years

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 07:07 UTC

  Clarin group presents plan to divide media assets in six different companies

  

  The Argentine media group Clarin presented a plan Monday to divide its media assets into six different companies to comply with a controversial media antitrust law. The move was announced shortly after the head of the authority set up to enforce the law offered assurances that the group would be allowed to keep its most valuable TV and radio licenses.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 01:24 UTC

  Falklands' government announces updated version of Oil Readiness Checklist

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced that an updated version of the FIG Oil Readiness Checklist is now available online. The checklist refers to key areas from the FIG ongoing program for the development of the hydrocarbons industry as it grows into a production phase.

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 23:57 UTC

  EU lawmaker 'cautiously optimistic' about trade agreement with Mercosur in 2014

  

  A member from the European parliament, Jean Pierre Audy who headed a mission to Brazil last week said he was confident that next year the long standing negotiations for a free trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Mercosur “could be concluded”.

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 23:53 UTC

  Uruguay considers withdrawing troops from Haiti because of the 'political impasse'

  

  Uruguay's President Jose Mujica said he plans to withdraw his country's peacekeeping troops from Haiti because of the lack of democratic progress and pointed to delays in convening Senate elections and a general “political impasse in Haitian society.”

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 23:50 UTC

  Gibraltar shared sovereignty 'a non starter for any negotiations' says expert in Spanish history

  

  The idea that one day Spain would share sovereignty in Gibraltar is a non-starter, according to Spanish Civil War expert and Madrid based journalist William Chislett. In Gibraltar for the first international Literary Festival, Mr Chislett gave his opinion on the developing cross-border political strife and also commented on the current political climate surrounding Spain.