Tag: John Kerry

• Saturday, November 12th 2016 - 21:19 UTC

  US Secretary of State Kerry approaches climate change in Antarctica

  

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Antarctica Friday, in preparation for an international climate-change conference to be held in Marrakesh next week, at a time the world foresees different environmental policies under Trump.

• 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.

• Friday, September 16th 2016 - 07:21 UTC

  UK Overseas Territories Marine Protection Areas to double in four years

  

  Speaking ahead of “Our Ocean” conference in Washington DC, Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan announced plans to double the area of ocean under marine protection around the UK Overseas Territories to around four million square kilometers, greater than the landmass of India.

• Monday, August 29th 2016 - 06:49 UTC

  Germany admits US/Europe trade talks have failed; growing fears of populism reactions

  

  Talks aimed at setting up a U.S.-European free trade zone have run aground because of intransigence on Washington's part, a top German politician said Sunday. The Obama administration and the 28-member European Union have been in talks to set up the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, which would be the world's largest free trade zone.

• Friday, August 5th 2016 - 20:44 UTC

  Kerry supports Macri free-market policies but calls for patience: things don't change overnight

  

  United States Secretary of State John Kerry urged Argentina to be patient with the slow pace of economic progress and investments under its new government and praised president Mauricio Macri’s free-market stance.

• Friday, August 5th 2016 - 20:18 UTC

  Kerry delivers declassified documents from the Argentine 1976/83 dictatorship

  

  US Secretary of State John Kerry delivered the first batch of Washington’s declassified intelligence documents dating back to the 1976-1983 Argentine dictatorship to President Mauricio Macri, following through on a commitment made by US President Barack Obama during his March visit to Argentina.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 - 05:59 UTC

  OAS listens to mediators' appeal for government/opposition dialogue in Venezuela

  

  Addressing the OAS Permanent Council, former Spanish president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that reconciliation is an indispensable and essential challenge to overcome the current confrontation situation in Venezuela, and although it will be a long, difficult process, he recommends dialogue efforts should continue.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2016 - 07:15 UTC

  Kerry announces at OAS assembly high-level talks to ease tensions with Venezuela

  

  United States Secretary of State John Kerry announced high-level talks to ease tensions with Venezuela's populist government on Tuesday, just hours after he backed calls for a referendum that could force President Nicolas Maduro from office. Kerry said the talks would start immediately in Caracas and be led by Thomas Shannon, a veteran of U.S. diplomacy in the region. Attempts last year at dialogue between the ideological foes were stalled by Venezuela's deepening crisis.

• Friday, May 13th 2016 - 08:49 UTC

  Anti corruption summit turns the spotlight on rich countries banks and real estate brokers

  

  Thursday’s world summit on fighting corruption was a time for Britain and the United States to look at their own policies and their role as shelters for billions of dollars stolen by corrupt politicians in developing countries.

• Friday, April 22nd 2016 - 15:51 UTC

  Carnival cruise to Havana triggers controversy with Cuban/Americans who allege discrimination

  

  A federal lawsuit is claiming that Carnival Corporation is discriminating against Cuban-Americans who weren’t allowed to book tickets on a cruise to the Castro brothers dominated country. CNN reports that when Carnival announced plans for a cruise ship from its Fathom line to sail from Miami to Havana in May, Francisco Marty jumped at the opportunity to surprise his children with a trip back to their native land.