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Tag: Miguel Ángel Moratinos
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Tuesday, September 3rd 2013 - 23:17 UTC
Gibraltar diplomatic conflict “an important fire” says Spain, but friendship with UK must prevail
Spanish Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo addressing parliament on Tuesday described the current diplomatic conflict with the UK as an ‘important fire’ and blamed it on three apparently minor incidents: Gibraltar authorities having dropped the agreement with Spanish fishermen a year ago; the recent dumping of cement blocks in the bay of Algeciras (Gibraltar) and the construction of a new reef.
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Monday, June 27th 2011 - 06:48 UTC
Brazil’s former Food Security minister voted next FAO Director General
The United Nations’ food agency, FAO, elected Brazil’s Jose Graziano da Silva as its Director General, the first new leader in almost two decades as the world faces near-record food prices that are driving millions into poverty.
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Friday, June 24th 2011 - 10:59 UTC
Brazil and Spain, leading candidates for next head of FAO
Brazilian and Spanish candidates are leading the field for the Sunday June 26 upcoming election for the next head of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, the UN agency leading the struggle against global hunger.
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Monday, July 19th 2010 - 00:21 UTC
Spain calls for ‘understanding’ from released Cuban political prisoners
Spanish Foreign Affairs minister Míguel Angel Moratinos called for “understanding” from the released Cuban political prisoners which arrived in Spain and who are complaining about their ‘undefined’ legal status.
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Thursday, May 6th 2010 - 19:32 UTC
Spain Excludes Honduran President from Summit on Pressure from UNASUR
Only days after several UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) representatives said they would not attend the Sixth Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit if Honduran President Porfirio Lobo was invited, the Spanish Government has decided to exclude him from the meeting, according to sources in the Brazilian Government.
