Tag: Colombia

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 20:48 UTC

  Mockus and his “Green Tide” Upsetting Uribe-Santos Continuity in Colombia

  

  With less than a month for the Colombian presidential election the campaign has reaffirmed the surprising advance of what is known as the “green tide” of hopeful Antanas Mockus, who according to the latest public opinion polls figures ahead of incumbent candidate and former Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos.

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 02:16 UTC

  Colombia’s Uribe Warns Nationalizations Lead to “Major Social Defeats”

  

  Colombian president Alvaro Uribe questioned Latin American countries that are moving along the path of nationalization of corporations and warned that erasing private sector investments only anticipates “major social defeats”.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:36 UTC

  Colombia Conditions Vote for the UNASUR chairman

  

  Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde said Friday that before the standing chairman of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is decided, Uruguay and Argentina must solve their differences.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 01:26 UTC

  Paraguay Imposes 30-Day State of Emergency to Combat Insurgent Violence

  

  Paraguay has passed a bill imposing a temporary suspension of constitutional rights in five northern and central provinces of the country in a crackdown on violence by a self proclaimed insurgent group, the Paraguayan People’s Army, EPP.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 07:42 UTC

  Colombian Green Party Presidential Candidate Closing in on Incumbent Hopeful

  

  A newly released poll shows former Bogotá Mayor Antanas Mockus winning the Colombian presidency if the contest comes down to a runoff. The first round of the election will take place May 30 and is a runoff is needed on June 20.

• Friday, April 23rd 2010 - 01:26 UTC

  Latam growingly dependent on Chinese demand for commodities

  

  Latinamerican countries with a greater link to China such as Chile, Brazil and Peru are moving out of the crisis faster and stronger according to a World Bank report which underlines the increasing significance of the Asian giant for the region.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 17:46 UTC

  Colombian presidential candidate accuses Chavez of interference

  

  Colombia’s leading presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos claimed that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is intent in interfering in his country’s electoral process that next May 30 will decide on the successor of President Alvaro Uribe.