News Links tagged "Diplomatic Relations"
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region, Cuba, Ecuador |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Ecuador's president to skip Summit of the Americas |
| Author/Source: | Alexandra Valencia Reuters |
| Brief: | Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said on Monday he will not attend this month's Summit of the Americas in Colombia, nor any other gathering that excludes Cuba or fails to address what he calls the region's most pressing issues. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Diplomatic Relations, Europes Role |
| Title: | Foreign Office condemns violent actions against UK embassy in Buenos Aires |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | The Foreign Office condemned on Tuesday today what it called "violent actions of a minority" following Monday's demonstration on the surroundings of the British Embassy located at the Recoleta neighbourhood, Buenos Aires City. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | El reto de Colombia es una Cumbre de las Americas con 'resultados concretos' |
| Author/Source: | EFE Caracol (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Holguin tambien hablo de la urgente necesidad de la integracion energetica, asi como de la interconexion por tierra y aire entre paises, y dijo que habra anuncios en ese sentido durante la cumbre. |
| Location: | Dominican Republic, Haiti |
| Category: | Corruption, Diplomatic Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Dominican authorities investigating Haitian contracts of senator |
| Author/Source: | Jacqueline Charles, Ezra Fieser The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | Allegations that Haitian President Michel Martelly received at least $2.5 million in contributions from a powerful ally of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez are causing political stir. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Arms Trafficking, Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Mexico Asks United States to Ban Assault Weapons to Stem Drug War Violence |
| Author/Source: | EFE Fox News Latino |
| Brief: | The Mexican leader warned that "if the traffic (of illegal weapons from the United States) is not halted" and Washington doesn't reinstate a ban on assault weapons, it will be "impossible" to quell the violence in his country. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, International Community, Public Security |
| Title: | Mexican president Felipe Calderon politicizes Cynthia Vanier case during White House summit |
| Author/Source: | Timothy E. Wilson La Politica Es La Politica |
| Brief: | Mr. Calderon failed to mention that none of the four individuals imprisoned in Mexico and facing charges with regard to the alleged Gaddafi plot had been found guilty of any crime. He states very clearly that the plan was " headed up by a Canadian bu |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | North American Leaders Discuss Trade, Security at Summit |
| Author/Source: | Americas Quarterly |
| Brief: | President Barack Obama hosted Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon for the sixth annual North American Leaders summit at the White House on Monday. |
| Location: | Peru |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Europes Role |
| Title: | Peru y Reino Unido dan por superado impasse por fragata |
| Author/Source: | RPP (Peru) |
| Brief: | El embajador de Gran Bretana en Peru, James Dauris, dijo que las relaciones entre ambos paises son muchas y fuertes. |
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region, Argentina |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Diplomatic Relations, Europes Role |
| Title: | Americas Summit expected to release support-statement for Argentina's Falklands claim |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | Thirty years after the Falklands/Malvinas war, Latin America seems to be closing ranks behind Argentina's sovereignty claim over the disputed islands and reviving a bid for control in the resource-rich South Atlantic. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Why Brazil and the United States Should Be Bigger, Better Partners |
| Author/Source: | Montserrat Nicolas America Economia Worldcrunch |
| Brief: | As Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff prepares to arrive in Washington to meet President Obama, a closer look at the bilateral relations between these Western Hemisphere powerhouses shows vast potential, much of it unfulfilled. |
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security, International Community |
| Title: | Chile's Strategic Approach toward Asia |
| Author/Source: | Siremorn Asvapromtada Center For Strategic And International Studies |
| Brief: | Behind all this, looms the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade agreement originated among four pioneering countries—Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore—that entered into force in 2006. |
| Location: | Ecuador |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Presidente del Ecuador no asistira a la Cumbre de las Americas (DOCUMENTO) |
| Author/Source: | El Ciudadano (Ecuador) |
| Brief: | Lamentablemente, pese a que en la V Cumbre de las Americas, celebrada en Trinidad y Tobago del 17 al 19 de abril de 2009, se rechazo la incomprensible exclusion de la Republica de Cuba de las cumbres americanas, una vez mas, este pais hermano no ha sido i |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Mexico presses for quick entry in Trans-Pacific talks |
| Author/Source: | Doug Palmer Reuters |
| Brief: | Mexican President Felipe Calderon, set to leave office this year, pressed on Monday for a swift decision on his country's bid to join free-trade talks with the United States and eight other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Obama, Mexico's Calderon vow more drug crime cooperation |
| Author/Source: | Alister Bull Reuters |
| Brief: | Mexican President Felipe Calderon told President Barack Obama on Monday that drug violence would continue unabated in his country unless the flow of American guns is curbed, while Obama promised closer cooperation with Mexico in fighting the narcotics tra |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | War on drugs takes center stage as Calderon meets with Obama |
| Author/Source: | Brian Bennett The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | Since Calderon came into office in December 2006, about 50,000 people have died in drug-related killings. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | At White House summit, drug violence dominates agenda |
| Author/Source: | Kathleen B. Hennessey, Brian Bennett The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | President Obama hosted the leaders of Mexico and Canada on Monday in a White House summit aimed at boosting the region's growing economic ties, but the scourge of drug violence in Mexico muddled the message and highlighted friction between the neighbors. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Joint Statement By North American Leaders |
| Author/Source: | Barack Obama, Stephen Harper, Felipe Calderon Embajada De Mexico En Estados Unidos |
| Brief: | Rooted in deep economic, historical, cultural, environmental, and societal ties, North American cooperation enhances our ability to face global challenges, compete in the international economy, and achieve greater prosperity. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | The Other Americas Summit that Matters |
| Author/Source: | Stephen Johnson Center For Strategic And International Studies |
| Brief: | Originally limited to trade, border, regulatory matters, and counternarcotics, the summit now includes defense cooperation, especially in the area of military support to civilian authority. |
| Location: | Nicaragua |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | EE.UU.: Ortega esta "confiscando" |
| Author/Source: | Carlos F. Chamorro Confidencial (Nicaragua) |
| Brief: | El hecho es que llega este monto de dinero de afuera del pais, el pueblo no sabe donde esta gastando esta plata, por que, y para una democracia este es un tema muy basico ver que esta haciendo su gobierno. |
Monday, April 2, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region, Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Chavez: April summit should be last without Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | "This will be the last so-called Summit of the Americas without Cuba. The next one wouldn't occur," Chavez said in a phone call broadcast on state television Monday night. |
| Location: | Argentina, Uruguay |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security |
| Title: | Uruguay reveals the existence of an "Argentina 2020: imports substitution" plan |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | Meanwhile Uruguayan Vice president Danilo Astori who has always been more critical towards Argentina said that the protectionist policies of President Cristina Fernandez administration always are "a shock", basically because "we have differ |
| Location: | Central America Regional |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | 3 CentAm leaders reject legalization of drugs |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | The presidents of El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua say they oppose the legalization of drugs and will continue to support regional efforts to fight drug trafficking. Mauricio Funes of El Salvador, Porfirio Lobo of Honduras and Daniel Ortega of Nicar |
| Location: | Cuba, Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Calderon to Visit Cuba Prior to Summit of the Americas |
| Author/Source: | Americas Quarterly |
| Brief: | The visit to Cuba will be the first for the Partido Accion Nacional (PAN) president; a planned 2009 visit was postponed after outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus. |
| Location: | Ecuador |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Justice System, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Senator Scott Brown and Plymouth DA Timothy Cruz call on Ecuador to return suspect who allegedly murdered mother and her two-year-old son |
| Author/Source: | Noah Bierman, John R. Ellement The Boston Globe |
| Brief: | US Senator Scott Brown today called on Ecuador to return Luis Guaman to Massachusetts to stand trial on charges that he murdered Maria Avelina Palaguachi and her 2-year-old son, Brian. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Obama, Calderon y Harper celebran hoy en Washington cumbre de seguridad |
| Author/Source: | EFE El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | Los presidentes de EE.UU., Barack Obama, y de Mexico, Felipe Calderon, y el primer ministro de Canada, Stephen Harper, se reunen hoy en Washington para analizar medidas que fortalezcan la seguridad regional, en momentos en que arrecia el debate sobre la l |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security, Energy |
| Title: | Gas prices a top issue for US-Canada-Mexico summit |
| Author/Source: | Mark S. Smith The Christian Science Monitor |
| Brief: | Gas prices, Mexican oil exports, and Keystone pipeline should figure prominently in Obama's summit with Canada's Harper and Mexico's Calderon. High gas prices threaten fragile US recovery and Obama's reelection. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Obama Hosts Calderon, Harper to Boost N. American Economy |
| Author/Source: | Roger Runningen Bloomberg Business Week |
| Brief: | The top leaders of the U.S., Canada and Mexico hold a trilateral North American Leaders' Summit at the White House today to thrash out conflicts in energy and regulations to boost economic competitiveness and increase jobs. |
Friday, March 30, 2012
| Location: | Argentina, Peru |
| Category: | Civil-Military Relations, Diplomatic Relations, Extraditions |
| Title: | Peru Denies Argentine Request to Extradite Former Military Ruler |
| Author/Source: | John Quigley Bloomberg Business Week |
| Brief: | General Francisco Morales Bermudez, who ruled Peru from 1975 to 1980, is accused of being involved in the kidnapping and torture of 13 Peruvians who were deported to Argentina in May 1978, the Supreme Court said in an e-mailed statement. |
Thursday, March 29, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, International Community |
| Title: | What has CELAC done lately? |
| Author/Source: | Bloggings By Boz |
| Brief: | But really, what has CELAC done? They held their big inaugural meeting in December. A few small administrative meetings followed up. Then, nothing. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Argüello says Argentina/US relations are fine, "nothing to worry about" |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | The Argentine Ambassador to the US, Jorge Argüello, assured that despite reactions to trade barriers put up this week by the US to Argentina, there was "nothing to worry about" regarding the relationship between the countries. |
| Location: | Uruguay |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Diplomatic Relations, Europes Role |
| Title: | 'We won't back any economic blockade to Malvinas,' Uruguay's Almagro |
| Author/Source: | Buenos Aires Herald |
| Brief: | "Uruguayan businessmen are free to negotiate with whoever they want", Almagro said. |
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Europes Role |
| Title: | Incident with Poland: Argentine official refers to Poles as "bums" and "stinking feet" |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | Ambassador Zazanski in the letter said he felt deeply hurt by these expressions and the fact they belong to an official from the Argentine government. |
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region, Argentina |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Diplomatic Relations, Europes Role |
| Title: | The Summit of the Americas will discuss the Falklands/Malvinas issue |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | However any declaration or statement on the issue "won't go further than what has been said in the framework of the Organization of American States, OAS". |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | GSP Suspension |
| Author/Source: | Victoria Nuland Daily Press Briefing U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We have had ongoing disputes on these issues. These are not new issues. They’ve been going on for a long time. They’ve been a matter of arbitration for a long time. So the White House's decision yesterday to suspend Argentina particularly from GSP sho |
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Politics And Security, Public Security |
| Title: | Funes no asistio a cumbre en Guatemala sobre seguridad |
| Author/Source: | Rafael Mendoza Lopez El Diario De Hoy (El Salvador) |
| Brief: | El mandatario sigue sin aparecer en publico y sin dar declaraciones a los medios A la cita fueron el ministro de Seguridad, el jefe de la PNC, el vicecanciller y el jefe de la OIE. |
Monday, March 26, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region, Colombia |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | The Cartagena Summit of the Americas: An Enigmatic Conundrum for Colombian President Santos |
| Author/Source: | Council On Hemispheric Affairs |
| Brief: | Indeed, the upcoming Cartagena summit has proved to be a big headache for President Santos. The Colombian leader successfully achieved a diplomatic solution for the Cuba question. |
| Location: | Entire Region, Guatemala |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Narcotrafficking, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Guatemala leader asks US to pay for drug seizures |
| Author/Source: | Romina Ruiz-Goiriena Associated Press |
| Brief: | Guatemala's president proposed Saturday that the United States and other "consumer" countries pick up the tab for the cost of drug seizures. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Diplomatic Relations, Europes Role |
| Title: | Mas de 60 partidos de America latina apoyan el reclamo argentino por las Islas Malvinas |
| Author/Source: | Telam |
| Brief: | El documento sera remitido a la Cancilleria como un nuevo gesto de apoyo a las gestiones de la Argentina, en el marco del reclamo de la soberania sobre las islas. |
| Location: | Argentina, Peru |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Diplomatic Relations, Europes Role |
| Title: | Peru continuara buenas relaciones con Reino Unido y no aceptara presiones de nadie |
| Author/Source: | Andina (Peru) |
| Brief: | Aclaro, en una entrevista al programa periodistico "Panorama", de canal cinco, que no se ha producido ningun impasse o problema en las relaciones diplomaticas entre Lima y Londres, por lo que la buena vecindad continuara con normalidad. |
| Location: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Colombia Category: | FARC, Relations with Venezuela |
| Title: | Gobierno colombiano rechazo homenaje hecho en Caracas a 'Tirofijo' |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores manifesto su indignacion por esta manifestacion de apoyo. |
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Narcotrafficking, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Guatemala's president urges debate on drug legalisation |
| Author/Source: | BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | He was addressing a Central American summit in the Guatemalan city of Antigua. |
Friday, March 23, 2012
| Location: | Brazil, Colombia |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Colombia Category: | FARC Hostages |
| Title: | Demora de los helicopteros en Brasil retraso liberaciones unos dias |
| Author/Source: | El Tiempo (Colombia) |
| Brief: | La entrega de 10 uniformados en poder de las Farc no comenzara el lunes, sino el viernes 30. |
| Location: | Central America Regional, Guatemala |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | Perez lowering expectations for Saturday's meeting |
| Author/Source: | Bloggings By Boz |
| Brief: | Several of the region's leaders, most recently Nicaraguan President Ortega, have rejected Perez's proposal outright. Others, like Salvadoran President Funes, were initially receptive but have backed away. |
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
| Location: | Argentina, Peru |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Diplomatic Relations, Europes Role |
| Title: | Peru cancels Navy visit over Falklands dispute |
| Author/Source: | Dan Collyns The Guardian (UK) |
| Brief: | Peru has cancelled a scheduled visit by a Royal Navy frigate, HMS Montrose, as an act of solidarity with Argentina in its dispute with the UK over the Falkland Islands. |
| Location: | Argentina, Peru, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Por una Sudamerica desmilitarizada |
| Author/Source: | Pagina/12 (Argentina) |
| Brief: | Encabezo un acto por la television digital y converso por videoconferencia con Hugo Chavez. |
| Location: | Argentina, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Presidenta argentina le pidio a Chavez que no engorde |
| Author/Source: | El Universal (Venezuela) |
| Brief: | La presidenta de Argentina, Cristina Fernandez, le pidio a su colega, Hugo Chavez, que no engorde y le expreso su felicidad de verlo recuperado de la reciente extraccion en Cuba de un nuevo tumor. |
| Location: | Central America Regional |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Public Security |
| Title: | Presidentes CA revisaran cooperacion externa contra narcotrafico |
| Author/Source: | Arien Perez El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua) |
| Brief: | Los ministros de Relaciones Exteriores de la region acordaron "elevar a los jefes de gobierno de los paises del SICA, una propuesta de posicion comun en materia de seguridad regional", en el marco de la VI Cumbre de las Americas. |
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Summit of the Americas: Connecting the Americas, Partners for Prosperity |
| Author/Source: | Office Of The Spokesperson U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | In preparation for the sixth Summit of the Americas, Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson will answer questions regarding U.S. objectives for the Summit on Twitter (@StateDept) on Wednesday, March 21st at 11:45 a.m. |
| Location: | Entire Region, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Venezuelan Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Venezuela's Chavez favors attending Americas summit, but says it should be last without Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press Sun Sentinel |
| Brief: | "This will be the last so-called Summit of the Americas without Cuba. The next one wouldn't occur," Chavez said in a phone call broadcast on state television. |
| Location: | Argentina, Peru |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Europes Role |
| Title: | Peru no recibira a una fragata britanica |
| Author/Source: | Pagina/12 (Argentina) |
| Brief: | Se anuncio que la fragata HMS Montrose, proveniente de Malvinas, repostaria en el Puerto del Callao. Pero el gobierno peruano a ultimo momento honro el reciente apoyo de la Unasur al reclamo argentino. |
| Location: | Bolivia, Chile, Colombia |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Diplomatic Relations |
| Colombia Category: | Relations With Neighbors |
| Title: | Colombia tells Bolivia it deserves to have access to the Pacific Ocean |
| Author/Source: | Struan Campbell Gray MercoPress |
| Brief: | The Colombian president also offered some advice on how Bolivia should manage its relationship with Chile in terms that are "practical and proactive." |
| Location: | Central America Regional, Honduras |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | XL Reunion del Consejo de Ministros de Relaciones Exteriores |
| Author/Source: | Gobierno De Unidad Nacional |
| Brief: | A la vez, conto con la participacion de las delegaciones de Honduras, en su calidad de Presidencia Pro Tempore, Belice, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Republica Dominicana y de la Secretaria General del SICA. |
| Location: | Chile, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Public Security |
| Title: | Venezuelan Police Kill Diplomat's Daughter |
| Author/Source: | Jeremy McDermott InSight |
| Brief: | Karen Berendique was with her older brother and a friend when the vehicle ran through an unmarked police checkpoint in the city of Maracaibo. The police officers opened fire. |
| Location: | Uruguay |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security |
| Title: | Mujica promises to "fight to the death" for the future of Mercosur |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | Uruguayan president Jose Mujica promised on Monday to 'fight to the death' for the future of Mercosur in spite of the fact that the group's junior members Uruguay and Paraguay are suffering the most. |
Friday, March 16, 2012
| Location: | Argentina, Chile |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Pinera reiterates full support to Argentine claims over the Falklands |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | Pinera recalled the very close and shared history of the two neighbouring countries. |
| Location: | Argentina, Chile |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Una hermandad "inalterable" |
| Author/Source: | Pagina/12 (Argentina) |
| Brief: | Los mandatarios destacaron los lazos que unen a ambos paises. Hoy sera la reunion bilateral. |
| Location: | Brazil, Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security |
| Title: | Mexico bows to Brazilian pressure on auto exports |
| Author/Source: | Adriana Barrera, Ana Isabel Martinez Reuters |
| Brief: | The dispute has undermined relations between free-trade disciple Mexico and Brazil, which is increasingly resorting to protectionist measures. |
| Location: | Ecuador |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Correa aun no decide su participacion en la Cumbre de las Americas |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Un comunicado oficial de la Cancilleria ecuatoriana asegura que el presidente Rafael Correa estaria estudiando todavia la posibilidad de asistir o no al evento. |
| Location: | Jamaica |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Video: Conversations With America: U.S.-Jamaica Relations |
| Author/Source: | Cheryl Benton U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Today's topic of discussion is U.S.-Jamaica Relations. We've received questions and comments on today's topics from all around the world through our blog, DipNote, and have selected several for this broadcast. |