Politics

• Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 06:24 UTC

  Falklands: UK willing to talk with Argentina but not sovereignty; Taiana at UN

  

  The United Kingdom said on Tuesday it was willing to re-open talks with Argentina but not on Falkland Islands sovereignty or the development by the Islanders of a hydrocarbons industry. The statement came on the eve of a meeting of Argentina’s Foreign minister Jorge Taiana with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 06:22 UTC

  New Latam block “consistent with US goals for the hemisphere”

  

  The new Latin American and Caribbean bloc planned without regional neighbours Canada and the United States are consistent with US goals for the region, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday

• Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 06:18 UTC

  US “neutral” on Falklands” dispute but recognizes UK administration

  

  The United States has a “neutral” stance regarding the question of the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty but recognizes the current British administration of the Islands, said US State Department spokesperson during the daily press conference.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 06:15 UTC

  Brazil’s Lula da Silva blasts US Security Council and Britain

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva condemned on Tuesday the United Nations Organization (UN) and its Security Council for not recognizing Argentina's sovereignty over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.

• 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.