Politics

Sunday, August 1st 2010 - 23:46 UTC
Lula da Silva/Mrs. Kirchner bilateral meeting following the summit

Once the Mercosur summit is over, on Tuesday afternoon, the presidents of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and of Brazil, Lula da Silva, are to hold a meeting in San Juan to analyse bilateral relations, said Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman.
Sunday, August 1st 2010 - 23:42 UTC
Chavez tones down: ‘supreme objective’ is to stop Uribe’s ‘war-craze’

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez reaffirmed that his government's “supreme objective” is to “stop the war-craze” of out-going Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, and he assured the “dilemma” of the bilateral crisis is “between words and missiles.”
Sunday, August 1st 2010 - 23:32 UTC
Trade accord with Egypt and Customs code main issues of Mercosur summit

A trade agreement with Egypt and the approval of a much-delayed customs code are two of the highlights of the Mercosur leaders Tuesday meeting in Argentina for one of the two annual summits.
Sunday, August 1st 2010 - 23:28 UTC
Paraguay expects 650 million USD in loans from Mercosur summit

Paraguay expects the Mercosur summit that begins Monday in San Juan, Argentina, to approve 650 million US dollars in loans. The Paraguayan Foreign Affairs ministry also confirmed that President Fernando Lugo and chancellor Hector Lacognata will be attending the meeting.
Sunday, August 1st 2010 - 23:23 UTC
Aymara priest who blessed Bolivian president arrested with 240 kilos of cocaine

The Aymara priest who blessed Bolivian President Evo Morales at an inauguration ceremony four years ago has been arrested in possession of 240 kilos of cocaine, police said.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:59 UTC
Mercosur inter-trade forecasted to reach 41 billion USD this year

Trade among Mercosur full members Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela in the process of incorporation is forecasted to reach 41 billion US dollars said Brazil's ambassador to Argentina Enio Cordero. This is a significant leap from the 9 billion of 2002 and 4.5 billion in 1991 when the block was established.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:51 UTC
Brazil’s incumbent presidential candidate takes the lead over main rival

Brazil's ruling Workers' Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, has a five percentage-point lead over her main rival Jose Serra, according to the latest opinion poll released Friday.
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.