Politics

Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 06:10 UTC
Group of Rio members to help Colombia/Venezuela diffuse tensions

Latin American leaders will work to diffuse tensions between Colombia and Venezuela after presidents Alvaro Uribe and Hugo Chavez, got into a shouting match and exchange of insults at the Rio Group summit in Mexico.
Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 02:32 UTC
Hillary Clinton at Uruguayan President Mujica’s inauguration

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be visiting five Latinamerican countries next week beginning in Uruguay, representing President Barack Obama at the inauguration ceremony of president elect Jose Mujica on March first, according to Washington diplomatic sources.
Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 02:29 UTC
Intra-Mercosur trade experienced one of its worst years in 2009

Trade among Mercosur members plummeted in 2009 under the effects of the international slowdown which severely limited access to financing and made credit in the region harder to obtain, according to a report from the Inter American Development bank, IDB.
Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 02:22 UTC
US not interested in military outposts in Latinamerica, for the moment

United States currently has no interest in having US troops stationed and with access to military bases belonging to other Latinamerican countries, such is the case with Colombia said a top Pentagon official during a visit to Nicaragua.
Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 02:11 UTC
Possible mixed Gibraltar/Spain police patrols to avoid marine incidents

A proposal for the creation of mixed police patrols between the RG Police and the Guardia Civil is one of the matters under discussion in the ongoing technical round of talks of the Tripartite Forum, according to reports in the Madrid daily ABC.
Tuesday, February 23rd 2010 - 03:22 UTC
Falklands: full support for Argentina from Latinamerican and Caribbean leaders

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner said on Monday Latin American and Caribbean leaders backed her objections to oil exploration in the disputed Falkland Islands as drilling of the first well began on Monday.
Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 23:56 UTC
NZ joins Australia in pressing Japan to end annual whale hunt in Antarctica

New Zealand said Monday it may join Australia in seeking international legal action against Japan over its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic if negotiations fail to produce a diplomatic solution.
Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 19:58 UTC
Falklands’ veteran emotional return to the Islands in support of traumatised soldiers

The campaign by millionaire Scots businessman and ex-Para Tony Banks to raise funds for British soldiers traumatised by their wartime experiences will receive a shot in the arm, with the screening in April of a documentary charting his emotional return to the Falkland Islands.
Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 19:12 UTC
Argentine former president Duhalde confirms his bid for the presidency in 2011

Argentine former caretaker President Eduardo Luis Duhalde assured Monday that he will run for president in the 2011 elections even if Senator Carlos Reutemann, tipped as one of the favourites, decides to do the same.
Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 05:56 UTC
US/Cuba dialogue to continue in spite of incident with “dissidents”

Cuba criticized US diplomats Saturday for meeting with political opponents after bilateral talks on immigration in Havana, accusing the diplomats of “promoting subversion.”