The Mercosur summit has been confirmed for next July 23/24 with at least ten presidents scheduled to participate in the event that will be hosted by Paraguay. During the summit Paraguay will hand the Mercosur rotating chair to Uruguay for the next six months.
The rescue and recovery of 9.6 tons of gold and silver on the sea bed of the South Atlantic is scheduled to begin next week with the arrival of Sailor-C, a Vanuatu flagged vessel specifically designed for this kind of operations.
The Brazilian government is looking at restricting credit lines to Argentina in retaliation for its neighbor's efforts to stall local imports, reported on Friday the daily O Estado de S. Paulo.
Britain’s Foreign Office Minister, Chris Bryant, attended an event at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and delivered a speech on “Latin America – realising the dream”. The event and speech focused on Latin America's role in the world and how the EU and Latin America need to work together on global issues such as climate change and the international financial crisis.
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United States President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Lula da Silva took time out from their overloaded Thursday agendas to talk about the United States' defeat to Brazil in last month's Confederations Cup Final played in South Africa.
Spanish Foreign Secretary Miguel Angel Moratinos has declared that the Tripartite Forum of dialogue is not the place to solve the dispute over the Rock’s territorial waters between Britain, Gibraltar and Spain.
A former Bolivian interior minister accused of human rights violations was handed over to authorities in La Paz Thursday after completing a prison sentence in the United States. Luis Arce Gomez, 71, was deported and handed over to Bolivian authorities in La Paz on Thursday morning, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.
Peru's departing prime minister said on Thursday he would run for the presidency in 2011, working to forge a coalition that includes the pro-business ruling party and independents. But it will be some time before campaigning begins.
Britain’s Foreign Office Minister Chris Bryant welcomed on Thursday the new St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009, which among other things includes a Bill of Rights, better defines the role of the Governor and has separate chapters for each of the three islands.