Tag: United Kingdom

Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 03:27 UTC
“The Islands” inspired in the Falklands, a novel about Argentine lost dreams

A novel ‘The Islands’ inspired by the Falkland Islands War and written by Argentine author Carlos Gamerro has been published in English.
Monday, August 27th 2012 - 06:05 UTC
Ecuador receives full support from OAS Ministers in dispute with UK over Assange case

The Foreign Ministers of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved last Friday a resolution supporting the inviolability of diplomatic premises, in accordance with the provisions of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, in the context of the situation created between Ecuador and the United Kingdom.
Monday, August 27th 2012 - 03:54 UTC
UK/Ecuador defuse row, pledge commitment to diplomatic solution for Assange dispute

Britain said it remained committed to reaching a diplomatic solution to the presence of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Ecuador's London embassy, after both countries took steps to defuse a row over his action in taking refuge there.
Monday, August 27th 2012 - 03:46 UTC
EU calls Britain and Spain to cooperate on nature protection issues in Gibraltar waters

The European Commission has again urged Britain and Spain to cooperate on nature protection issues in Gibraltar waters, according to press reports in Spain. The reports cited anonymous Brussels officials saying the Commission had asked both countries to work to that end.
Friday, August 24th 2012 - 05:49 UTC
Correa recalls the UK non extradition of Pinochet on “humanitarian reasons”

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said that Britain's failure to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet more than a decade ago means it has no right to lecture others over the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Friday, August 24th 2012 - 05:44 UTC
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa sounds the bugle

By Sean Burges (*) Is Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa really saying that we cannot trust the judicial systems in Britain and Sweden? By granting Julian Assange asylum, he has implicitly stated the British judicial process is flawed and that Sweden is a slavish servant of the US government.
Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 00:50 UTC
Where’s the cheapest to ‘fill her up’? Venezuela: 12.8 US cents a liter of petrol

Venezuela, the latest entry as full member of Mercosur has the cheapest petrol price in the world, 8 pennies per liter, (1 £ trading at 1.59 dollars on 22 August) according to the latest report from UK website, “This is money”, based on a research from Evans Halshaw.
Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 02:02 UTC
OAS decides to hold ministerial meeting on Ecuador-UK conflict next week

The Organization of American States (OAS) has scheduled an emergency meeting of its foreign ministers next week to discuss the differences between Ecuador and Britain over the asylum that Quito granted to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Friday, August 17th 2012 - 07:16 UTC
Latam support for Ecuador could turn Assange case in another ‘Falklands issue’ for UK

Another major diplomatic conflict between South America and the UK, as with the Falkland Islands’ sovereignty dispute, could turn nasty following Latinamerican strong support for Ecuador and its granting of political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and London’s explicit determination to deny him a safe conduct and have him extradited to Sweden.
Thursday, August 16th 2012 - 19:27 UTC
UK determined to extradite Assange in spite of asylum granted by Ecuador

Ecuador has granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange two months after he took refuge in its London embassy while fighting extradition from the UK, but Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK would not allow Assange safe passage out of the country.