Tag: Unasur

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 02:31 UTC

  Chilean Senate approves Unasur charter with two caveats

  

  The Chilean Senate finally approved the Union of South American Nations, (Unasaur) creation charter thus ending the legislative chapter. The bill now goes to the Executive for its promulgation.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 08:25 UTC

  Malvinas: Argentina working for more than “a gesture of support” from Unasur

  

  Argentina is working with Unasur (Union of South American Nations) so that in the future the South American forum offers more than “a gesture of support” to Argentina’s claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands and helps bring the United Kingdom to the sovereignty negotiations table, said Argentine ambassador before United Nations, Jorge Argüello.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 07:03 UTC

  Unasur, Argentina, Venezuela condemn car-bomb “terrorist action” in Colombia

  

  The Union of South American Nations, Unasur, Argentina and Venezuela were among several to condemn the car bomb attack perpetrated Thursday morning in the Colombian capital, Bogotá that left at least nine people injured and which President Juan Manuel Santos described as a “terrorist action”.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 04:12 UTC

  Chilean ruling coalition senators condition approval of Unasur charter

  

  Senators from Chile’s coalition junior partner announced they support the approval of the Unasur, Union of South American Nations charter previous compliance with several ‘basic conditions’.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 18:56 UTC

  Mujica and Lula da Silva reiterate commitment to Mercosur and Unasur

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Uruguay’s Jose Mujica on Friday defended South America’s integration as a peace zone and reiterated the two countries commitment to Mercosur and Unasur.

• Friday, July 30th 2010 - 06:29 UTC

  Venezuela/Colombia rift: UNASUR unable to reach consensus calls for summit

  

  The UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) Foreign Affairs ministerial meeting concluded Thursday night in Quito without an agreement on how to solve the diplomatic rift between Venezuela and Colombia.

• Friday, July 30th 2010 - 06:16 UTC

  Colombia claims Venezuela at last moment walked out from consensus document

  

  Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermudez claimed Venezuela impeded reaching a consensus on a cooperation mechanism preventing the presence of Colombian guerrillas in other countries, during the Unasur ministerial meeting Thursday in Ecuador.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 05:59 UTC

  Colombia-Venezuela diplomatic rift will test effectiveness of Unasur

  

  The extraordinary meeting of Unasur (Union of South American Nations) foreign affairs ministers convened by Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa for this Thursday should help to search for ‘solutions’ to the diplomatic rift between Venezuela and Colombia.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2010 - 04:53 UTC

  Colombia/Venezuela conflict: Kirchner meets president-elect Santos

  

  Unasur (Union of South American Nations) chairman Nestor Kirchner confirmed Monday ongoing contacts at different levels to try and defuse the Colombia/Venezuela conflict.

• Monday, July 26th 2010 - 05:41 UTC

  Venezuela/Colombia conflict “weakens” South America’s image, says Brazil

  

  Brazil’s Executive foreign affairs advisor said that the breaking of relations between Venezuela and Colombia “weakens” South America and negotiations to bring both sides together should not be seen as a confrontation between Unasur (Union of South American Nations) and OAS (Organization of American States).