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Monday, March 11th 2013 - 05:37 UTC
Brazil pledges support for Venezuelan transition but takes distance from Chavez populism

By leaving Venezuela before Friday’s funeral ceremony for leader Hugo Chávez, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was once again trying to chart out a more moderate signal to investors and diplomats, plus probably avoiding Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whom contrary to her predecessor Lula da Silva, she has strongly criticized.
Wednesday, March 6th 2013 - 02:06 UTC
Venezuela announces the death of President Hugo Chavez

Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro announced during a nation-wide transmission that President Hugo Chávez “has died today at 4:25pm.”
Monday, March 4th 2013 - 05:20 UTC
OAS mission praises Paraguay’s Electoral Court organizing 21 April elections

Oscar Airas, chief of the OAS Electoral Observation and Political Accompaniment Mission in Paraguay completed his second visit to Asunción collecting information from different sources ahead of the coming general elections scheduled for April 21.
Saturday, February 23rd 2013 - 06:31 UTC
OAS mission promotes political dialogue in Paraguay ahead of the April 21 general election

The head of the Electoral Observation and Political Accompaniment Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Paraguay, the former President of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Óscar Arias begins this weekend a visit to Asuncion to promote dialogue between the different Paraguayan political and social actors, and to prepare the deployment of the Mission that will monitor the general elections of April 21.
Thursday, February 21st 2013 - 04:43 UTC
Unasur, invited by electoral officials will observe the April 21 election in Paraguay

Paraguay’s Superior Electoral Tribunal, TSJE said on Wednesday that representatives from Unasur, Union of South American Nations, would be present as observers of the electoral process scheduled for next April. The accord was signed by TSJE president Alberto Ramirez Zamonini and the head of Unasur High Level Group, Salomon Lerner.
Thursday, February 21st 2013 - 04:41 UTC
Correa hopeful Paraguayan elections will be “transparent and democratic”

Re-elected Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa is hopeful “transparent and democratic” elections will be held in Paraguay next April, a country with which he is waiting to normalize relations.
Monday, February 18th 2013 - 17:26 UTC
Gibraltar and the Falklands referendum: “we are with you every step of the way”

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has expressed Gibraltar’s “unqualified” support for the people of the Falklands in their forthcoming referendum. Picardo’s remarks were delivered by Samantha Sacramento last week at the Commonwealth parliamentary Association regional conference in the capital of Stanley in Falklands.
Saturday, January 26th 2013 - 20:44 UTC
Mercosur/Paraguay controversy reaches EU/CELAC summit in Chile

Chile confirmed that Paraguay finally decided not to attend the EU/CELAC summit in Chile putting an end to a controversy when it emerged that several Mercosur and Unasur members insisted that the landlocked country should not be invited.
Sunday, January 20th 2013 - 22:20 UTC
Uruguay opens historic diplomatic archives to Malvinas war veterans

Uruguay will open on Monday 21 January its diplomacy archives to that Malvinas war veterans can consult classified information referred to the South Atlantic conflict when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in April 1982.
Thursday, December 27th 2012 - 19:49 UTC
Maduro with more power on economic affairs; devaluation of the Bolivar in the agenda

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez delegated certain responsibilities in economic affairs to Vice-President Nicolas Maduro including the right to authorize debt sales and seize assets. The announcement comes at a moment when significant economic decisions must be taken following the profligate spending leading to last October’s election.