Politics

Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:47 UTC
Uribe most probably will have Lula da Silva at his table in next Friday’s banquet

The Brazilian Executive spokesman Marcelo Baumbach said on Saturday that President Lula da Silva had a long conversation on the phone with Colombian president-elect Juan Manuel Santos and they talked about the diplomatic crisis with Venezuela.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:35 UTC
Kuwait plans to open embassy in Montevideo to bolster trade

Kuwait and Uruguay signed several agreements to bolster bilateral relations during the visit to Montevideo of a high level delegation from the Middle East country. Kuwaiti authorities announced that the kingdom would soon be opening an embassy in Montevideo.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:26 UTC
Egypt to sign free trade agreement at Mercosur summit in Argentina

Egypt will be signing a free trade agreement with Mercosur during the group’s presidential summit scheduled for next August 3 in Argentina, announced Friday the Egyptian trade minister on Friday.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:06 UTC
Chile re-establishes relations with Honduras; recognized President Lobo

Chile is re-establishing diplomatic relations with Honduras more than a year after a coup sent the Central American country into political crisis, Chile's foreign ministry announced Friday.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 18:56 UTC
Mujica and Lula da Silva reiterate commitment to Mercosur and Unasur

Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Uruguay’s Jose Mujica on Friday defended South America’s integration as a peace zone and reiterated the two countries commitment to Mercosur and Unasur.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:26 UTC
Record unemployment in Spain reaches 20.09%, highest since 1997

Spain’s unemployment rate already the highest in the Euro region rose to the most in more than a decade in the second quarter: 20.09% up from 20.05% in the first quarter, according to the country’s National Statistics Institute. This is the highest since 1997.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:05 UTC
Lula da Silva will continue to openly support Dilma’s presidential campaign

Brazilian president Lula da Silva who insists in campaigning for the incumbent presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, in spite of electoral regulations, revealed that the country’s ‘coup elite’ tried to remove him from office.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:03 UTC
The first two male couples marry in Argentina under recently approved law

An actor and his agent sealed Friday in Buenos Aires their 34-year relationship and years of struggle to have their rights acknowledged as they became the first same-sex couple to be married under Argentine law.
Friday, July 30th 2010 - 06:29 UTC
Venezuela/Colombia rift: UNASUR unable to reach consensus calls for summit

The UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) Foreign Affairs ministerial meeting concluded Thursday night in Quito without an agreement on how to solve the diplomatic rift between Venezuela and Colombia.
Friday, July 30th 2010 - 06:16 UTC
Colombia claims Venezuela at last moment walked out from consensus document

Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermudez claimed Venezuela impeded reaching a consensus on a cooperation mechanism preventing the presence of Colombian guerrillas in other countries, during the Unasur ministerial meeting Thursday in Ecuador.