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Chile
Chile's Education Minister Felipe Bulnes stepped down at the end of December to be replaced by economist Harald Bayer. While the outgoing minister cited personal reasons for his decision...
2012-01-10Uruguay
Uruguayan President José Mujica backed Argentina's sovereignty claims over the Falklands Islands with an official statement. Referring to a controversy over a measure that prohibits...
2012-01-10Argentina
Argentine President Cristina Fernández successfully underwent thyroid cancer surgery on January 4 and her recovery has shown no complications so far, according to Alfredo Scoccimarro,...
2012-01-09Paraguay
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo pressed for better terms of trade and economic collaboration with Argentina and Brazil during a December meeting of Mercosur nations in Montevideo....
2012-01-09Uruguay
The Uruguayan government issued a formal complaint against recent remarks by French President Nicolas Sarkozy's at a G20 meeting in Cannes that Uruguay should be isolated because "it...
2011-11-24Chile
In a letter to Chilean President Sebastián Piñera and Education Minister Felipe Bulnes, the European Parliament has condemned the Chilean government's excessive use of force during...
2011-11-24Argentina
According to reports following a meeting between President Fernández and the newly appointed Argentine ambassador to the United States, Jorge Argüello, the president is pushing for...
2011-11-24Paraguay
Brazil's deployment of police and military forces along its border with Paraguay to counter the smuggling of drugs, arms and other contraband goods irked Paraguayan officials, who presented...
2011-11-24
