Tag: Cartagena de Indias

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 - 08:30 UTC

  Gibraltar: Spain manages Ibero-American summit support for its sovereignty claim

  

  For the first time ever, an annual Latin American Summit has endorsed Spain’s position on Gibraltar. Spain’s Secretary of State for International Cooperation in Latin America confirmed that the 32 countries attending have supported Spain’s call to the United Kingdom to start bilateral sovereignty talks over the Rock.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2016 - 09:33 UTC

  Kerry and Maduro meet in Cartagena and agree to continue bilateral discussions

  

  United States Secretary of State John Kerry met Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday, the first formal encounter between the two since Kerry became the top U.S. diplomat. The two sat down together after a ceremony in the Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias to mark the signing of a peace agreement to end a 52-year armed conflict.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 07:41 UTC

  Following Colombia, “Malvinas, one of three issues pending solution in Latin America”

  

  Following the peace agreement signed in Colombia, only three main issues remain pending in the Americas, devolution of Guantanamo to Cuba, the Falklands/Malvinas dispute and a sea outlet for Bolivia, according to Bolivian president Evo Morales who hailed the deal rubricated on Monday in Cartagena before world leaders.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 06:48 UTC

  Colombia peace accord challenges: Sunday's referendum and 7.000 combatants laying down their weapons

  

  As thousands of Colombians offered both hope and skepticism, the government of Colombia and FARC Marxist rebels who fought a bitter civil war for more than half a century signed a historic peace accord on Monday, closing the Western Hemisphere's longest armed conflict. The deal will have a first test next Sunday when the Colombian people will vote on a referendum.

• Sunday, November 9th 2014 - 10:23 UTC

  Plaque dedicated to English soldiers in Cartagena triggers strong controversy

  

  A Colombian engineer smashed a plaque commemorating the death in 1741 of thousands of English soldiers in the coastal city of Cartagena just days after it was inaugurated by Prince Charles, said the mayor of the city who has now ordered its removal.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2014 - 19:20 UTC

  Anglo-Colombian defense conference onboard HMS Richmond in Cartagena

  

  The third annual Anglo-Colombian Strategic Defense Conference was held this week onboard HMS Richmond in Cartagena. The Portsmouth based type 23 returning from her Atlantic deployment also supported Defense and Security Industry Day while alongside in the Colombian port.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 07:06 UTC

  Argentina expects strong Malvinas support statement from the Americas summit

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be attending on Saturday the VI Americas summit to be held in Colombia, which is already involved in a strong controversy because of the non invitation to Cuba.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 06:59 UTC

  Fidel wonders about Canada’s position on Falklands issue at the Americas summit

  

  Fidel Castro accuses Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper of suffering from illusions and says Canada should take a stand in the Falkland Islands dispute in a rambling new essay that lashes out against Cuba’s exclusion from a coming Organization of American States summit.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2012 - 22:28 UTC

  Ecuador will not attend Americas summit in solidarity with Cuba’s exclusion

  

  Ecuador's President Rafael Correa confirmed he will not attend this month's Summit of the Americas in Colombia, nor any other gathering that excludes Cuba or fails to address what he calls the region's most pressing issues.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2012 - 03:33 UTC

  Americas Summit expected to release support-statement for Argentina’s Falklands claim

  

  Thirty years after the Falklands/Malvinas war, Latin America seems to be closing ranks behind Argentina's sovereignty claim over the disputed islands and reviving a bid for control in the resource-rich South Atlantic.