Politics

• Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 04:49 UTC

  Businessman is next Chilean ambassador in London

  

  Businessman Tomas Müller has been nominated as the new Chilean ambassador in London. He will be replacing Rafael Moreno. The announcement was made this week by Chilean Foreign Affairs minister Alfredo Moreno and visiting Foreign office minister Jeremy Browne.

• Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 04:33 UTC

  Chavez admits Colombia can sign military agreements even with United States

  

  Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez said Colombia is “sovereign” and as such can sign a military agreement with the United States, an issue which at the time triggered a bilateral conflict and which he admitted having addressed with Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos during their meeting this week.

• Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 04:30 UTC

  Hillary Clinton praises Argentina for its role in helping consolidate peace

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman and US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, met at the US Department of State Wednesday on what was the second and final day of the minister's diplomatic trip to Washington, DC

• Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 04:14 UTC

  Nixon attempts to prevent Mitrione’s 1970 murder by Uruguayan urban guerrillas

  

  President Richard Nixon’s administration suggested that Uruguayan leaders try to prevent the impending murder of a kidnapped US official by threatening to kill members of the insurgent group responsible for the abduction, according to newly declassified cables reproduced by Bloomberg News.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 23:38 UTC

  Piñera promises full investigation into accident with 33 trapped miners

  

  With 33 miners remain trapped in a mine near the city of Copiapó in Chile’s north the Chilean government is taking action to determine who is responsible for this tragedy and how similar events can be avoided in the future.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:46 UTC

  Ecuador’s Correa blames former leader Uribe for the bilateral conflict

  

  Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa blamed former president Alvaro Uribe for wrecking trust between the two nations by ordering a military attack on Ecuador's soil (in 2008) without requesting authorization from Quito.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:43 UTC

  Timerman meets Hillary Clinton to elaborate bilateral and regional agenda

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman is travelling to Washington for a series of meetings with several of US President Barack Obama's advisors in relation to regional, economic and nuclear issues in Latin America.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:38 UTC

  Church bells in Wales return home to Santiago to mark Chile’s bicentennial

  

  A set of church bells that survived a Santiago fire and spent almost 150 year in Wales will return to Chile to mark the country's bicentennial celebrations, Minister for Latin America Jeremy Browne made the announcement Tuesday.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:31 UTC

  Falklands’ air-bridge Air Seychelles begins to comply with EU emissions rules

  

  Air Seychelles which currently covers the Falkland Islands/United Kingdom air bridge is in the process of meeting the European Union’s emissions’ monitoring and reporting requirements, reports Global Travel Industry News.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:25 UTC

  China’s import growth slowed down in July, while exports kept rising

  

  China's import growth slowed in July, which economists are seeing as a sign that the country's rapid economic expansion is cooling. Imports climbed by 22.7% compared with a year ago to 116.8 billon US dollars, which is well below the 53% expansion seen in June.