The Falkland Islands are happy with the current status of British Overseas Territory, based on the right to self determination and do not like being told by others what to do, Falklands’ Legislative Assemble member Emma Edwards told a United Nations decolonization seminar held in New Caledonia.
Since the controversial Argentine Interior Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno announced in an April 23 letter that he will examine overseas purchases to consider the competitiveness of the national market, products worth millions of dollars have been delayed at Argentina’s borders and ports.
Germany's push for an orderly insolvency process for indebted Euro zone states suggests Berlin is assuming the worst: that one of its peers -- most likely Greece -- will default on its debt repayments.
Santiago de Chile Appeals Court last week ruled in favour of Mapuche indigenous leaders to stop development of a new international airport near Temuco in the south of the country. The airport is located on ancestral lands belonging to the Mapuche.
Amnesty International (AI) expressed its deep concern regarding male violence towards women and the current prison situation in Argentina, where the evictions of indigenous communities from their ancestral lands was also denounced.
The Brazilian ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff speaking before industry moguls made a strong defence of Mercosur and criticized the US sponsored Free Trade Area for the Americas.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday sharply criticized campaign proposals to raise taxes, warning that this could severely damage what has been achieved, reports El Espectador.
An allegedly peaceful rally for a democratic Cuba outside the Cuban Embassy in Norway’s capital Oslo turned bloody at the weekend, and could turn into a diplomatic incident.
United States president Barak Obama turned down an invitation from Brazilian president Lula da Silva to visit the country ahead of October 3 when presidential elections are scheduled, reported a newspaper from Sao Paulo.
Through a letter, Brazilian President Lula da Silvia asked the South American Nations Union (Unasur) and Mexico to support the uranium enrichment tripartite agreement reached between his country, Iran, and Turkey.