Politics

• Tuesday, April 21st 2009 - 10:30 UTC

  Obama eager to finalize trade agreements with Panama and Colombia

  

  United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk said private meetings with Panama and Colombia presidents during the recent Summit of the Americas in Trinidad Tobago had been “very productive” and reiterated that the Obama administration is eager in finalizing free trade agreements with both countries.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2009 - 08:47 UTC

  Mercosur Parliament looking for more exposure meets in Paraguay

  

  The Mercosur Parliament is scheduled to meet next week in Asunción, Paraguay, in an attempt to awaken public opinion interest in the legislative body. Members from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and eventually Venezuela (in the process of incorporation) will meet at the Paraguayan Congress building.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2009 - 08:38 UTC

  Venezuela’s main opposition leader seeking asylum, ignores court order

  

  Venezuela's main opposition leader is seeking asylum with a “friendly country” and will not appear in court to face corruption charges brought by President Hugo Chavez's government, opposition officials said on Monday.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2009 - 08:01 UTC

  Second baby demand for Paraguay president Lugo; he accepts DNA test

  

  A second woman stepped forward Monday to say that Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo was the father of her seven year old child. The former Catholic bishop shocked the country last week when he acknowledged a two year old boy as his son.

• Monday, April 20th 2009 - 09:38 UTC

  Obama magic leaves all leaders of the Americas, even Cuba, satisfied

  

  The three-day summit of leaders from the Americas in Trinidad Tobago ended without a final declaration but with evident progress on the United States' relationship with Venezuela and Cuba.

• Monday, April 20th 2009 - 07:31 UTC

  King of Malaysia arrives in Uruguay for equestrian competition

  

  The King of Malaysia is expected Monday in Uruguay to participate in a equestrian endurance competition scheduled for next Friday. An advance party of King Mizan Zainal Abidin, 46, is already in Uruguay selecting horses and addressing security issues for the monarch and his immediate collaborators.

• Monday, April 20th 2009 - 06:50 UTC

  Falklands’ Queen’s Birthday Parade next Tuesday

  

  The Falkland Islands will celebrate the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II next Tuesday, April 21st with a Parade and fly-past and the attendance of the Islands dignitaries headed by the Governor and representatives from the elected Legislative Assembly.

• Sunday, April 19th 2009 - 05:23 UTC

  Chavez considering name of the next ambassador in Washington

  

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said that with President Barack Obama leading the US, strained bilateral relations will improve and revealed he was considering the name of his next ambassador in Washington.

• Sunday, April 19th 2009 - 04:54 UTC

  Obama more popular than Chavez in Venezuela, says US top aide

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rushed a photograph of him and President Obama shaking hands onto his government's website because Mr. Obama is more popular than Mr. Chavez in Venezuela, said Jeffrey Davidow, senior advisor to the US president on Latinamerican affairs.

• Sunday, April 19th 2009 - 04:43 UTC

  Obama tells Unasur members US and Cuba are “on a path of change”

  

  South American leaders pressed President Barack Obama on Saturday to end the US economic embargo on Cuba and abstain from interventionist policies as he attempts to reshape US hemispheric relations. Obama was quoted saying that the US and Cuba are “on a path of change”