Mar del Plata, Argentina will host the next Ibero-American summit in November 2010 in coincidence with the bicentennial of the country, announced Ibero-American chairman Enrique Iglesias following a meeting with President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in New York.
Honduras de facto leader Roberto Micheleti demanded that Brazil hand over deposed constitutional president Manuel Zelaya who is currently in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa following a dramatic secret return to the country.
With just three months left before leaving office, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet continues to set new records for job approval and support. But coalition’s replacement hopeful, Senator Eduardo Frei, isn’t so fortunate.
Uruguay’s main agriculture show ended Sunday with a record number of visitors and harsh criticisms for the government: Farmers complained bitterly about the ballooning fiscal expenditure, taxes and demanded a broadening of horizons beyond Mercosur.
Chile’s annual September 19 Armed Forces military parade broke records this year. The event was the largest of its kind ever, showcasing 131 Air Force airplanes for the commencement ceremonies and with 11,000 Armed Forces personnel participating.
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has returned to his country, nearly three months after being deposed. Mr Zelaya has sought refuge inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, and has called on supporters who gathered in the streets to go to the embassy.
Uruguay denied on Monday Argentina's claims at the International Court of The Hague that a pulp mill on a river separating the two countries is polluting the air and water, saying it meets environmental protection standards.
A million people packed a main square in the Cuban capital Havana Sunday to witness a rare and ambitious concert that, despite its nonpolitical theme, drew criticism from some Cuban exiles in the United States.
Argentina’s Economy minister Amado Boudou meets this week with its French peer Christine Lagarde for the resumption of negotiations with the Club of Paris. The meeting will take place previous to the G-20 presidential summit in Pittsburgh.
The coming trip to the Falkland Islands for the official inauguration of the memorial at the Argentine cemetery in Darwin, “somehow represents the end of a long mourning period”, but at the same time “re-signifies the strong meaning that the Malvinas have for the Argentine people”, said Cesar Trejo representative of the Malvinas Families Commission.