Politics

• Friday, July 30th 2010 - 03:21 UTC

  The “good chemistry” between Mujica and CFK crucial for the agreement

  

  The Uruguayan government and opposition expressed deep satisfaction with the agreement reached with Argentina for the monitoring of the River Uruguay which did not include ‘detrimental sovereignty issues’ and sealed the end to a long standing conflict.

• Friday, July 30th 2010 - 03:18 UTC

  Uribe criticizes Lula da Silva for his approach to Colombia/Venezuela conflict

  

  Outgoing Colombian president Alvaro Uribe deplored Thursday statements from the Brazilian leader Lula da Silva related to Venezuela’s decision to severe relations with Bogotá, according to a brief release from Palacio Nariño, seat of the Executive.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 05:59 UTC

  Colombia-Venezuela diplomatic rift will test effectiveness of Unasur

  

  The extraordinary meeting of Unasur (Union of South American Nations) foreign affairs ministers convened by Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa for this Thursday should help to search for ‘solutions’ to the diplomatic rift between Venezuela and Colombia.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 05:55 UTC

  President-elect Santos ratifies “democratic security” policy of Colombia’s Uribe

  

  Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos named former Senator Rodrigo Rivera as his defense minister in an apparent bid to maintain the outgoing government’s pressure on guerrillas.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 05:37 UTC

  U.S. Judge blocks key parts of Arizona’s controversial immigration law

  

  A US federal judge in Arizona has blocked key parts of the state's strict immigration law a day before it was due to take effect. The judge blocked a requirement that police check the immigration status of criminal suspects whom they had stopped while enforcing other laws.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 02:37 UTC

  US reverses decision and extends visa to leading Colombian journalist

  

  The United States State Department has reversed its decision to deny a visa to a leading Colombian journalist to take up a prestigious fellowship position.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 01:24 UTC

  Chile and Bolivia jointly celebrate mine-clearance in border areas

  

  Chile and Bolivian Defence ministers and Army commanders will be meeting Thursday to sign documents declaring Fields free of mines, the border areas of Tambo Quemado 1 and Tambo Quemado 2 along their common border which until only recently were planted with thousands of mines.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 01:23 UTC

  India wants to “deepen and expand” trade accords with Mercosur

  

  The Indian ambassador to Argentina Rengaraj Viswanathan said his country, currently the fourth largest economy in the world, is looking to “deepen and expand” its accords with the Mercosur and highlighted that Indian businessmen “use Argentina as a platform” to access regional markets.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 00:49 UTC

  Mujica and CFK announce agreement to jointly monitor the River Uruguay

  

  Uruguay and Argentina finally reached on Wednesday an agreement for the joint monitoring of the River Uruguay which should end the long-standing dispute over the construction of the Finnish UPM/Botnia pulp mill dating back to 2005.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2010 - 17:51 UTC

  Venezuela’s Chavez confirms participation of Mercosur summit in Argentina

  

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez office has confirmed he will be participating of the coming Mercosur presidential summit scheduled for next August 3 in San Juan, north of Argentina when the rotating chair of the block will be passing from Buenos Aires to Brasilia.