Politics

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 13:59 UTC

  UK rejects Argentine decision regarding Falklands’ shipping

  

  The United Kingdom presented Wednesday a note verbale firmly rejecting the Argentine government’s recent decisions which imposes the request of official authorization for shipping to and from Argentina, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 06:55 UTC

  Mujica and Cristina meet next June 2nd; Uruguay to complain trade restrictions

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica will meet with Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner next June 2nd at the Uruguayan presidential farm in Anchorena, a 15 minutes helicopter ride from Buenos Aires, announced Wednesday Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro.

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 06:52 UTC

  PM Cameron reaffirms support for Tripartite Forum Dialogue in Gibraltar

  

  Newly appointed British Foreign Secretary William Hague has declared that the Conservative Government’s position on the Gibraltar issue “is well known and has not changed.”

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 06:47 UTC

  EU signs trade agreements with Central America and Peru and Colombia

  

  The European Union on Wednesday signed trade agreements with Central America, Peru and Colombia, while some Latin American leaders criticized such deals as only favouring rich countries.

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 03:34 UTC

  World shares fall after surprise move by Germany to limit short-selling

  

  World shares fell on Wednesday after a surprise move by Germany to ban some types of short-selling of financial products. Bans on short selling have been introduced in recent times of financial instability by both the UK and US.

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 03:31 UTC

  Brazil’s main political party ratifies support for incumbent presidential candidate

  

  Brazil’s head of the Lower House, Michel Temer will complete the incumbent presidential ticket with Dilma Rousseff for next October’s presidential election when the eight year two-mandates of Lula da Silva will be ending.

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 03:00 UTC

  Barack Obama the most amiable leader for Latinamerica, Spain and Portugal

  

  United States President Barack Obama was voted as the most amiable national leader according to the 2010 Barómetro Iberoamericano de Gobernabilidad, an organization that conducts studies of governmental and economic institutions in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 02:56 UTC

  US Visa Waive program could include Chile, Argentina and Brazil

  

  The United States government is currently looking at the possibility of extending the “Visa Waiver” program to include citizens of Chile, Argentina and Brazil, Rodger Dow, President of the U.S. travel association, announced recently.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2010 - 17:20 UTC

  Falklands’ government thanks FCO minister Browne for strong support

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) sent Wednesday a letter of congratulations to the new Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth, Jeremy Browne MP, who has responsibility for South America and the Overseas Territories.
  FIG also thanked Mr. Browne for his strong stand in support of Falklands’ interests.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2010 - 05:50 UTC

  Madrid summit committed to a “multi-polar” world; rejects protectionism

  

  The European Union-Latin America-Caribbean leaders’ summit wrapped up on Tuesday in Madrid with unanimous agreement about the need to develop new instruments of global governance for a multi-polar world and a commitment “to reject any form of protectionism”.