Tag: Unasur

Monday, September 26th 2011 - 18:53 UTC
Venezuelan opposition requests Unasur observers for elections and primaries

Venezuela’s Democratic Unit Panel, MUD, which brings together most opposition forces, has requested Unasur observers for the 2012 presidential election and for the different parties’ primaries.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:43 UTC
Argentina is back in the international arena “with participation and leadership”

United Nations Argentine ambassador Jorge Argüello said that the isolation chapter is over, “Argentina is back in the international arena displaying participation and leadership”, something that will be clearly exposed by President Cristina Fernandez when she addresses the UN assembly this week.
Tuesday, September 13th 2011 - 05:33 UTC
G7 countries lack Unasur “imagination and audacity” to overcome current crisis

The Secretary-General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Colombian María Emma Mejía said that the region has shown “more imagination and audacity in the measures applied” than G7 countries, which are debating how to get out of the mess they are currently undergoing.
Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 10:47 UTC
Argentina/Brazil confirm South Atlantic as a peace and cooperation zone free of nuclear weapons

Argentina and Brazil defence ministers confirmed the two countries “strategic alliance” and subscribed a bilateral cooperation declaration emphasizing on the South Atlantic as “a Peace Zone, free of nuclear weapons”.
Tuesday, September 6th 2011 - 00:41 UTC
Meeting in Buenos Aires to “recondition Argentine missiles” with Brazilian technology

Brazil’s Minister of Defence Celso Amorim is in Buenos Aires for several scheduled meetings this week with his Argentine counterpart Arturo Puricelli and to establish closer ties in defence issues in the framework of Unasur (Union of South American nations).
Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:47 UTC
Unasur agrees to greater economic coordination but remains divided on Libya

Union of South American Nations, Unasur, Foreign Affairs ministers agreed Wednesday in Buenos Aires to increase economic coordination and send monitoring missions to regional elections but could not reach a common position on the Libyan situation.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 00:36 UTC
Unasur Foreign Affairs ministers meet in Buenos Aires to address global crisis

The Union of South American Nations, (Unasur) Foreign Affairs ministers’ council will be holding on Wednesday an extraordinary summit in Buenos Aires to address several issues related to last week’s meeting of Unasur Finance ministers.
Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 05:52 UTC
World Bank warns a ‘hard landing’ in China would have great impact in Latam

The World Bank's chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean said Monday that the bank is maintaining its 2011 outlook for the region's economic growth at about 4.5% despite concerns of a new global crisis.
Monday, August 15th 2011 - 23:15 UTC
Renewed UK interest in South America in spite of Argentina’s Falklands’ policy

The UK is showing a renewed interest in South America and has been successful in establishing cooperation with individual countries in spite of Argentina’s attempts to gather multilateral support for its claim on the Falkland Islands, according to World Politics Review.
Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:35 UTC
Unasur creates three task groups to protect the region from ‘industrialized north crises’

The Union of South American Nations must act quickly to protect the region's growing economies from another global financial crisis, Economy ministers and Central bankers from the 12-nation organization agreed at an emergency meeting convened Friday in Buenos Aires.