Tag: Palestine

• Saturday, December 25th 2010 - 08:28 UTC

  Mujica is an ‘emblematic figure and a great asset’ of Uruguay’s foreign policy

  

  President Jose Mujica is an “emblematic” figure at regional level and is one of the great assets of Uruguay’s foreign policy, said Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro on making a review of the first ten months of the administration.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2010 - 08:04 UTC

  Bolivia formalizes recognition of sovereign Palestine state with pre-1967 borders

  

  Bolivia formally recognized Palestine as an independent and sovereign state within the 1967 borders, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Wednesday. Reports last week indicated that such a decision was imminent

• Monday, December 20th 2010 - 05:39 UTC

  Three more Latam countries ‘are ready to recognize’ a Palestine state

  

  Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru are expected to recognize the state of Palestine with its borders prior to 1967, following the recent announcements from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and last week Bolivia, according to Palestine sources.

• Saturday, December 18th 2010 - 03:05 UTC

  Bolivia recognizes Palestine as an independent state with pre-1967 borders

  

  President Evo Morales announced on Friday that Bolivia would recognize Palestine as an independent sovereign state. The Bolivian leader made the statement during the Mercosur summit in Brazil.

• Friday, December 17th 2010 - 07:17 UTC

  Mercosur after closer trade relations with Cuba, Palestine, Syria and NZ

  

  Member nations of Mercosur will seek to boost economic and political ties with Cuba in a bid to make the island an associate member of the trade bloc.

• Friday, December 17th 2010 - 07:09 UTC

  Chile could be next country to recognize Palestine with borders prior to 1967

  

  The decisions by the governments of Brazil and Argentina last week to recognize an independent Palestinian state with borders prior to the 1967 Six Day War has prompted criticism from the United States and intense lobbying in Santiago de Chile.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2010 - 05:10 UTC

  US and Israel criticize Mercosur members’ recognition of the state of Palestine

  

  United States disapproved of the recognition of a Palestine state from the part of several Latin American countries, saying that direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians are still “the only way” to reach peace in the Middle East.

• Tuesday, December 7th 2010 - 02:51 UTC

  Argentina and Mercosur associates recognize the State of Palestine

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's administration announced Monday via Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman that Argentina recognizes Palestine as “a free and independent state, within the frontiers in existence since 1967.”

• Saturday, December 4th 2010 - 06:48 UTC

  Brazil recognized the state of Palestine based on borders before 1967

  

  Brazil recognized on Friday the state of Palestine based on borders before Israel seized control of the West Bank in 1967. The foreign ministry said the recognition was in response to a request made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to President Lula da Silva earlier this year.

• Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 07:58 UTC

  Strong unanimous support for the Palestine people from the Chilean senate

  

  Chile’s Senate voted unanimously against custom benefits for Israeli products coming from occupied Palestinian territory, and will formally ask President Sebastián Piñera to pass this bill.