Unasur

Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 09:26 UTC
Samper in Argentina updates Unasur agenda with Timerman

Unasur Secretary General Ernesto Samper in his first overseas official trip this week visited Argentina, where he met with President Cristina Fernandez and foreign minister Hector Timerman, and also held a round of political talks and other ministerial meetings.
Friday, September 12th 2014 - 04:49 UTC
Samper becomes Unasur secretary general and ratifies peace as his main mission

Former Colombian president Ernesto Samper was inaugurated on Thursday as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, by Surinam's Desire Bouterse who holds the rotating presidency of the group.
Wednesday, August 27th 2014 - 06:24 UTC
Former Colombian president becomes Unasur new secretary general

Former Colombian president Ernesto Samper was confirmed as Unasur Secretary General following a consultation of the group's member countries presidents. The announcement had been delayed because a Union of South American Nations summit to be held in Montevideo this month was suspended.
Saturday, July 26th 2014 - 06:56 UTC
Cristina Fernandez will analyze holdouts' case during her stay in Rio Gallegos

President Cristina Fernandez left on Friday for Santa Cruz province, where she will stay for the weekend and analyze New York Argentine/holdouts case briefings. The Argentine delegation returned on Friday to Buenos Aires after two meetings with appointed mediator Daniel Pollack in New York, where no resolution was reached.
Thursday, July 17th 2014 - 07:14 UTC
CFK admits having to pay 300% profit on holdouts’ dollars, but never 1.680% as pretended

Argentine President Cristina Fernández rejected on Wednesday the possibility of a new default during the UNASUR-BRICS meeting in Brasilia, highlighting Argentina is going to “keep on paying and honoring its debt,” while asking for support against the “so called vulture funds,” who are “pretending to collapse the Argentine debt restructuring.”
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.
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.