Tag: Unasur summit Surinam

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 18:38 UTC

  Suriname president's son charged in US with providing support for terrorist groups

  

  The son of Suriname's president has been charged by the United States with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Dino Bouterse was allegedly paid millions of dollars to provide a base and weapons for Hezbollah fighters.

• Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 05:25 UTC

  Unasur will attempt to name a Secretary General on Friday in New York

  

  South American foreign ministers are scheduled to meet next Friday in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to decide the name of the next Unasur secretary general, according to an official release from the main office in Quito.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 08:19 UTC

  Paraguay and Venezuela discussions to re-establish full relations and on Mercosur

  

  Representatives from Paraguay and Venezuela are scheduled to re-take bilateral and Mercosur related discussions on the sides of the UN General Assembly this week in New York, according to Deputy foreign minister Manuel María Cáceres

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 18:03 UTC

  Unasur embarrassment: Suriname president’s son arrested by US on drug and arms trafficking

  

  Suriname opposition legislators have called on President Desi Bouterse to resign as well as to clarify the circumstances surrounding the arrest of his son by United States law enforcement authorities in Panama earlier this week.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 00:29 UTC

  Paraguay and Venezuela resume political dialogue at Unasur summit

  

  Paraguay and Venezuela presidents Horacio Cartes and Nicolas Maduro met on Friday for over half an hour following the mediation of Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff during the Unasur summit taking place in Paramaribo, Suriname. The meeting was made official by the Paraguayan presidency office and twits from the Planalto Palace, seat of the Brazilian executive.

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:02 UTC

  Unasur summit will formally receive Paraguay at its summit in Suriname

  

  Unasur leaders will welcome Paraguay’s return to the group and will honour the memory of deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez during this week’s summit in Suriname that will be taking the chair of the group from Peru.

• Monday, August 19th 2013 - 13:17 UTC

  Paraguay’s Cartes will attend Unasur summit in Suriname; ‘informal’ meeting with Venezuela’s Maduro?

  

  Paraguay’s newly inaugurated president Horacio Cartes will be attending the Unasur summit (Union of South American Nations), scheduled for the end of the month in Paramaribo, Suriname, when most probably he will ‘come across’ with his Venezuelan peer Nicolas Maduro, announced the Paraguayan foreign ministry. Paraguay and Venezuela currently have no diplomatic links.