Politics

Monday, May 6th 2013 - 05:18 UTC
Bolivia full incorporation to Mercosur now rests on legislative approval from other members

Bolivia has completed the presentation of its Mercosur incorporation protocol, which opens the way for the parliaments of the different member-countries to begin considering and ratifying her full membership. Once completed Bolivia becomes the sixth full member next to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 02:53 UTC
Spain angry with political system: protests outside the homes of elected officials

Public support for Spain’s ruling centre-right party the PP has slipped following a high-level corruption scandal and ongoing recession, and Spaniards remain pessimistic about the political and economic outlook, a poll showed last Friday.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 01:49 UTC
EU confident trade accord with Mercosur will be signed at the beginning of 2014

The chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Mercosur, MEP Luis Yañez Barnuevo currently visiting Argentina and Uruguay said he was “confident the trade agreement between the Mercosur bloc and the EU will be signed at the beginning of 2014”.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:54 UTC
Mujica wants to meet Pope Francis: social programs, housing and abortion in the agenda

Uruguay has formally requested Pope Francis to receive President Jose Mujica when he travels at the end of the month to China, Spain and Italy. Mujica is an agnostic and Uruguay is one of the few Latinamerican countries in which the Catholic Church has been separated from the State for almost a century.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:48 UTC
Brazil and Argentina working to find a long-standing agreement on trade, says Marco Aurelio

Brazil and Argentina are trying to address their economic and trade differences so that they can reach a long-standing, long term solution, said Marco Aurelio García, the Brazilian Executive advisor on foreign issues and trouble shooter for this kind of conflicts.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:28 UTC
Maduro visits Uruguay on his first overseas trip since becoming elected president

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro begins next Tuesday an official one visit to Uruguay when he will be meeting with head of state Jose Mujica and former president Tabare Vazquez.On Wednesday he plans to fly to Argentina and the following day, Brazil.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 10:08 UTC
Brazil furious with Cristina Fernandez non-kept promises freezes relation

Brazil has virtually frozen political and economic relations with Argentina following serious discrepancies that were confirmed during the recent summit of presidents Cristina Fernandez with Dilma Rousseff who cut short the originally scheduled two-day visit to Buenos Aires.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 10:03 UTC
Uruguay admits trade and economic relations with Argentina ‘couldn’t be worse’

Vice-president Danilo Astori admitted on Friday that economic-trade relations with Argentina continue to deteriorate and seriously question Mercosur and Uruguay must therefore speed the search for other alternatives.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:54 UTC
Malvinas’ radicals protest and pledge to end Lan Chile air link with the Falklands

The Argentine radical group ‘Resistencia Malvinas’ protested on Thursday midday before the Lan Chile offices in downtown Buenos Aires to demand the end of the weekly air link between Punta Arenas and the Falkland Islands. The group led by Toni Lopez and with drums banging displayed banners, distributed pamphlets and burnt Union Jacks.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:32 UTC
Falkland Islands’ census shows there are more new homes than new people

The release of further data from the 2012 Census shows that the Falkland Islands continues to work its magic on immigrants who may have arrived with short term plans but have settled for ten or more years and that the ratio of women to men in the Islands has increased considerably over the last four decades.