Politics

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 03:26 UTC

  “Chavez’ Venezuela has no chance of joining Mercosur” says Paraguay Congress

  

  Paraguay’s vote in support of Venezuela’s full integration to Mercosur seems more distant than ever as was confirmed by the country’s Senate Foreign Relations committee to Brazilian ambassador Eduardo Dos Santos.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 03:22 UTC

  Mercosur/Israel trade deal comes into effect following Argentina’s signature

  

  A free trade agreement between Israel and Argentina is set to come into effect on September 9, the Israeli Industry, Trade and Labour Ministry announced this week.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 02:55 UTC

  UN and Amnesty praise Peruvian law on consultation with indigenous peoples

  

  The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya and Amnesty International praised the approval of a law on consultation with indigenous peoples by the Congress of Peru and called on President Ollanta Humala for its quick promulgation and implementation.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 02:52 UTC

  Mining companies agree to pay Peru an extra billion dollars annually

  

  Peru has reached an agreement with mining companies that will raise the industry’s annual payments to the government to about one billion dollars, the government said on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise by President Ollanta Humala.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:47 UTC

  Unasur agrees to greater economic coordination but remains divided on Libya

  

  Union of South American Nations, Unasur, Foreign Affairs ministers agreed Wednesday in Buenos Aires to increase economic coordination and send monitoring missions to regional elections but could not reach a common position on the Libyan situation.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:42 UTC

  Thousands of tons of undistributed food had to be destroyed in Venezuela

  

  Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Neidy Rosal claimed before the country’s Prosecutors Office that an estimated 160.000 tons of food, in decomposing conditions, were being destroyed by the government’s Food Production and Distribution Office, Pvdal, in the state of Carabobo.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:33 UTC

  HMS Edinburgh visits South Georgia to test land and sea forces

  

  HMS Edinburgh visited this month South Georgia as part of her six-month South Atlantic and Falkland Islands duties which included training soldiers in a cold weather environment and give sailors the chance under such challenging conditions.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:04 UTC

  Gibraltar territorial waters dispute postponed at least until after November

  

  Spain’s Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenz has confirmed that there will be no further tripartite talks regarding Gibraltar whilst the dispute on issues related to sovereignty of Gibraltar territorial waters continues.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 05:57 UTC

  Argentine organized labour leader stays on; claims “destabilizing campaign”

  

  Argentina’s Secretary General of the CGT Labour Confederation, Hugo Moyano, denied all rumours indicating his imminent departure from the CGT and attributed them to “a destabilizing media operation”. He added he was preparing to defend “workers’ minimum wage”.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 00:15 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez among the 20 most powerful women in the world, says Forbes

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is the second most powerful Latinamerican woman in the world according to a ranking released by Forbes.