Tag: CELAC

• Saturday, November 24th 2012 - 15:34 UTC

  Argentina insists with Malvinas during UN ceremony with Ban Ki-moon

  

  Argentina is strongly committed with multilateralism and trusts in the UN to reach a fair, peaceful and long lasting solution to the sovereignty dispute in the Malvinas issue, said Ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval during her Friday credentials presentation ceremony with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:52 UTC

  Mercosur ratifies before review tribunal decision to suspend Paraguay

  

  Mercosur full members Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay are insisting with their decision to sanction the Paraguayan government following the impeachment and removal of former president Fernando Lugo

• Friday, June 29th 2012 - 01:24 UTC

  China offers 15 billion dollars for infrastructure and better trade terms with Latin America

  

  China has offered to set up a 10 billion dollars credit line for Latin American countries to support infrastructure projects in the region. The proposal was made by China's Premier Wen Jiabao as he wrapped up his visit to the region with a conference at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean, ECLAC, main offices in Santiago de Chile.

• Thursday, December 15th 2011 - 19:53 UTC

  Argentina bullying Uruguay on canal dredging and Falkland Islands flagged vessels

  

  Uruguay has banned the docking of Falklands/Malvinas flagged vessel in the port of Montevideo, following on complaints from Argentina that several fishing vessels with that flag, in recent months had been operating from Montevideo.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 23:21 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez advances visit to Chile from September to January 25/26

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández will make an official visit to Santiago to meet with her Chilean counterpart, Sebastián Piñera at the end of January next year, it was announced Tuesday.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 06:54 UTC

  The 33-nation CELAC grants full support to Argentina in the Falklands’ dispute

  

  The members of the newly former CELAC (Community of Latinamerican and Caribbean States) unanimously approved on Saturday a document in support of Argentina’s claim over the Falklands/Malvinas and anticipated they would request the intervention of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 06:48 UTC

  Mujica calls CELAC “a second independence” but warns beware of dogmatism

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica described the newly formed CELAC as a strong step towards the Americas ‘second independence’ and its integration process.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  Mujica dressed with a Venezuelan Army jacket triggers a barrage of criticisms

  

  A major controversy exploded in Uruguay when President Jose Mujica was pictured by international news agencies, during the CELAC meeting in Caracas, wearing a green jacket from the Venezuelan Army.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 06:00 UTC

  China becomes the first to congratulate Latinamerica countries on CELAC

  

  Chinese president Hu Jintao was the first to congratulate the newly formed CELAC and expressed Beijing’s wishes to strengthen trade relations, cooperation and political understanding with the region.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:19 UTC

  A mild, good-intentions, no surprises marks the CELAC Caracas Declaration

  

  The new Latin American and Caribbean organization backed Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and slammed US sanctions on Cuba at the end of a two day summit in the capital of Venezuela, hosted by President Hugo Chavez.