James Laurens, director of the office for the elimination and reduction of armament, and Stevens Corners of the same office, declared in the Cartagena Land Mine Summit that United States is committed to end landmines by 2010. (more…)
On 2009/12/02, In Conflict, By Albeiro Rodas
On 2009/06/02, In Conflict, By Albeiro Rodas
During a news conference in San Pedro Sula, the OAS Secretary General, the Assistant Secretary General and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras talk about the General Assembly. Photo OAS.
Honduras will be at the center of the international media this week. The Central America nation is the seat of the 39th Organization of American States’ summit in San Pedro Sula.
Then it can be forecast which countries will get more attention: Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, United States, Iran and Israel. Surely it will be interested to know why Iran and Israel will get attention in the summit of the American states, but they did their appointment to this already. (more…)
The International Center of Fairs and Conventions of San Salvador on October 2008, the place of the 18th Ibero-American Summit. Photo Wikimedia Commons.
2008 was the last year of the economic boom of Latin America that started in 2003 and was slowed by the world financial crisis, according with the economical regional institute for Lat. America, CEPAL. However, it is the region of the world better prepared to face the global economical recession thanks to that boom. (more…)
On 2008/12/09, In Culture, By Albeiro Rodas
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, “The world agrees that genocide is unacceptable and yet genocide and mass killings continue.” Photo Wikimedia Commons.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen and other leading figures call on new administration and Congress to make preventing genocide and mass atrocities a national priority. (more…)
On 2008/10/16, In Economy, By Albeiro Rodas
President Uribe said this week to Colombian enterprises that speculative capitals should be controlled to avoid financial crisis as the one generated in USA that affected the global markets.
The crash of Wall Street this week caused the rejection of the House of Representatives to the financial rescue plan of the government of that country, while the political figure of British premier Gordon Brown came out as an authentic hero for his role in looking solution for his country and, maybe, for the actual global “financial Tsunami.” (more…)
On 2008/05/09, In Economy, By Albeiro Rodas
Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank, is in Colombia and talked about the Colombia – USA Free Trade Agreement, while he said that the Colombian economy is doing well. In a meeting in Casa de Nariño with President Uribe, Zoeillick said that the US Government, democrats and republicans should consider the FTA and approve it.
Picture from Casa de Nariño (more…)
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