Tag: Summit of the Americas

• Saturday, April 14th 2018 - 10:49 UTC

  Corruption and Venezuela in the agenda of a subdued Summit of the Americas

  

  Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra opened on Friday a subdued Summit of the Americas decrying widespread corruption and urging regional leaders to join forces in increasing transparency and boosting civil society. Addressing Western Hemisphere leaders in an auditorium where a number of seats were left notably empty, Peru's new president said that rather than accept corruption as a deep-seated scourge impossible to eliminate, governments should adopt concrete measures that prevent it from ever taking place.

• Friday, February 16th 2018 - 23:14 UTC

  Maduro will not be able to enter Peru or the Summit of the Americas

  

  The government of Peru announced through its prime minister, Mercedes Aráoz, that it has withdrawn the invitation it sent to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in November to attend the eighth Summit of the Americas, to be held in Lima on the 13th and 14th. of April; a week of the criticized presidential elections decreed by the Constituent Assembly in Venezuela.

• Thursday, February 15th 2018 - 23:25 UTC

  Maduro announces that he will attend the Summit of the Americas despite not being welcome

  

  Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, announced that he will attend the Summit of the Americas “at all costs” to bring “the truth of the country” at a press conference at the presidential palace in Caracas despite the Peruvian government reported that his presence would not be welcome in the Andean country.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  “Lima Group” blasts Maduro's call for elections without an agreement with the opposition

  

  The “Lima Group” of Latin American nations plus Canada on Tuesday criticized the Venezuelan government’s decision to hold a presidential election on April 22 without reaching an agreement with an opposition coalition.

• Monday, April 16th 2012 - 06:54 UTC

  Americas’ summit ends divided with no final declaration on the Cuban issue

  

  Unprecedented Latin American opposition to US sanctions on Cuba left President Barack Obama isolated at a summit on Sunday and illustrated Washington's challenged influence in a region being aggressively courted by China.

• Monday, April 16th 2012 - 04:55 UTC

  Obama confirms at the summit US neutrality on the Falklands/Malvinas question

  

  The US will remain on the sidelines in the dispute between the UK and Argentina over the Falkland Islands sovereignty, said President Barack Obama on Sunday at the conclusion of the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.

• Sunday, April 15th 2012 - 20:57 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez abandons summit with no declaration on Falklands/Malvinas

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández left the 6th Summit of the Americas held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, before the official closing meeting allegedly in protest against a lack of regional support for Argentina’s claims in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute with the UK.

• Sunday, April 15th 2012 - 16:01 UTC

  Rousseff blasts rich countries “monetary flooding”: marks difference between defending and protecting

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff staunchly defended Latin American integration as she took part of the CEO forum at the 6th Summit of the Americas in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. She blasted rich countries over their so called “monetary flooding” because it attempts against the industrialization of emerging nations.

• Sunday, April 15th 2012 - 15:59 UTC

  US security personnel prostitution scandal eclipses much of the Summit of the Americas

  

  A prostitution scandal involving US security personnel in Colombia and an unprecedented regional push to end the isolation of Cuba threatened to eclipse President Barack Obama's charm offensive to Latin America.

• Sunday, April 15th 2012 - 04:34 UTC

  Obama and CFK leave trade issues aside and want to continue as ‘friends and partners’

  

  President Cristina Fernández and US President Barack Obama agreed to work upon trade differences “which in no way conform the central aspects of the bilateral relationship” during their Saturday afternoon half hour meeting with an “open agenda” at the 6th Summit of the Americas hosted by Colombia.