The presidents of Latin America and even the King of Spain took over youtube, but this time to make us laugh. The dream of a regional integration from Mexico to Argentina for one side and the permanent conflicts among neighbors for other, have made the Latin American presidents more popular than ever. (more…)
On 2009/09/29, In Economy, By Albeiro Rodas
While the Venezuela of Hugo Chávez is embarking itself in the celebrated ‘socialism of the 21rst century’, investors are running out of the country. Even if Colombia has not big oil reserves like its socialist neighbor, the Andean country has a considerable production and it stills an option as well. (more…)
On 2009/09/23, In Culture, By Albeiro Rodas
President Álvaro Uribe made a strong statement against the arms race in the region. In his intervention before the 64th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the President of Colombia said that it is worrying that instead to increase the cooperation for security and peace for the peoples, some leaders accelerate the arms race and even confess their war mood. (more…)
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…)
On 2009/05/30, In Politics, By Albeiro Rodas
Mexican writer Enrique Krauze. Photo Duarte.
Three Latin American intellectuals, the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and the Mexican Jorge Castañeda Gutman and Enrique Krauze, accepted the challenge of president Hugo Chávez to open a public debate in his program “Aló Presidente!.
The program of the president has a special edition this week with a daily emission between 8 and 10 PM, the hours with more audience. The program is of course directed by the president who challenged the intellectuals of the international forum on democracy that is being hold in Caracas this week. (more…)
On 2009/05/29, In Politics, By Albeiro Rodas
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. Photo by Manuel González Olaechea y Franco.
The presence of prestigious Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has risen concerns in the Venezuela of president Hugo Chávez, famous for his socialist project for the South American nation. Vargas Llosa, one of the most important authors of the Hispanic literature, came to Caracas for the International Congress on Freedom and Democracy organized by the Center of Promulgation of the Economic Knowledge for Freedom (Cedic). The former president of Bolivia, Jorge Quiroga, is also in the Congress.
Tensions rose already when the Peruvian author arrived to the Maiquetía International Airport and was retained for 90 minutes by the Venezuelan authorities. (more…)
The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, arrived to Tehran to pay a “strategic visit” in order to tie political and economical links with the ayatollahs’ regime. He will visit China and Japan after.
Chávez will meet president Mahmud Ahmadineyad, a radical conservative that has visited Venezuela as well and some other Latin American nations. Iran, as Venezuela, is one of the main oil world exporters.
The government of Tehran said to the press that the visit of president Chávez intends to intensify the commercial ties between both, the Asian and South American nation, and their good relations.
Both countries want to found a bank entity that will start with a shared investment of 1,600 dollars and will be named the Venezuelan-Iran Fund. Either Venezuela or Iran claim that the bank intents to face the global financial crisis creating an alternative financial system, although to some experts the project is difficult to success. (more…)
Cartagena | ColPas. The meeting of the two most controversial presidents of Latin America in Cartagena de Indias was rather friendly. Even if journalists touched hot subjects like the Farc hostages that broke relations between Chávez and Uribe since November 2007 or the issue of the reelection that both leaders are looking. But the most important thing was the agreement that will help small enterprises in both countries and the perspective of a common currency. (more…)
On 2009/01/25, In Economy, By Albeiro Rodas
24th Jan 09: The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela: Álvaro Uribe and Hugo Chávez in Cartagena de Indias. Photo: Miguel Ángel Solano - SP
Cartagena | ColPas. The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela announced the creation of a fund to finance micro and small enterprises as a measure to face the the global recession. The fund will start with resources for 200 million dollars with an equal participation of both countries. (more…)
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