Tag: Unasur

• Wednesday, July 16th 2014 - 07:42 UTC

  Malvinas: Argentine senator proposes shared sovereignty with Latam for 30 years

  

  An Argentine Senator has stated that the solution to the Falklands/Malvinas dispute is a period of shared sovereignty, with Latin American support and guarantees, before the Islands are finally handed over to Argentina.

• Tuesday, July 15th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  Chinese president Xi arrives in Fortaleza for the BRICS summit

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived on Monday to Fortaleza, Brazil for a summit of the BRICS countries. The sixth summit of the BRICS, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, will be held in Brazil from Tuesday to Wednesday.

• Friday, June 27th 2014 - 07:30 UTC

  Argentina praises international support and confirms payment to Paris Club

  

  Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich praised the “clear, categorical and broad” support for Argentina’s stance in its dispute with speculative funds' holdouts from 133 countries from the UN system and specialized international media, and also confirmed that next month it will make the first payment of the agreement reached with the Paris Club.

• Tuesday, June 24th 2014 - 23:52 UTC

  Unasur sides with Argentina and warns about “global financial stability”

  

  The Union of Southern Nations (UNASUR) expressed its solidarity with Argentina after US Supreme Court decision to dismiss the country’s appeal in its legal dispute with holdout hedge funds, rejecting “the behavior of speculative agents that endanger the agreements reached between debtors and creditors”.

• Wednesday, May 21st 2014 - 07:22 UTC

  Unasur mediators leave Venezuela unable to re-launch peace negotiations

  

  Mediators from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) urged Venezuela's government and opposition back to the negotiating table after failing to revive talks to stem months of protests in the polarized nation.

• Tuesday, March 25th 2014 - 09:37 UTC

  Unasur delegation expected Tuesday in Caracas 'to follow the political dialogue'

  

  The Unasur (Union of South American Nations) committee to follow the political dialogue in Venezuela will be meeting in Caracas Tuesday and Wednesday this week in Caracas, reported officially the Ecuadorean Foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño.

• Friday, March 21st 2014 - 09:50 UTC

  Unasur 'democratic clause' comes into force after ratification by Uruguay and Colombia

  

  Any country that suffers an interruption to its democratic order will be automatically excluded from Unasur (Union of South American Nations), the bloc announced this week, after its “democratic clause” came into force and as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed that a US-funded campaign is trying to ouster him.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2014 - 06:41 UTC

  Unasur delegation begins dialogue-contacts next week to help with Venezuelan situation

  

  Uruguayan foreign minister Luis Almagro confirmed that next week a delegation from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) will be ready to sponsor dialogue and help de-compress the situation in Venezuela as was agreed at the recent foreign ministers meeting held in Santiago de Chile when the inauguration of president Michelle Bachelet.

• Wednesday, March 12th 2014 - 07:22 UTC

  Unasur foreign ministers expected to call for dialogue and peace talks in Venezuela

  

  Foreign ministers from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) will be drafting a statement calling for peace and dialogue to end the month-long clashes in Venezuela when they be meeting on Wednesday in Santiago de Chile. The meeting and agenda have the support from the Venezuelan government.

• Tuesday, March 11th 2014 - 05:52 UTC

  A '99% chance' that Venezuela's Maduro visits Uruguay later this week

  

  Despite strong criticism from the opposition the Uruguayan government said it is prepared to receive Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on an official visit, and there is a 99% chance that this could occur next Thursday, said foreign minister Luis Almagro.