Category archives for: Trade

Bad times for defense lobby on Hill.

Of the 30 largest House recipients of defense industry campaign donations since the 1990 election cycle, only 11 are still serving in Congress, according to the analysis of magazine POLITICO and federal data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. It’s the same story in the Senate, where 14 of the top 30 recipients over [...]

In the Western Hemisphere, only Guyana and Suriname join Container Control Programme

 Guyana and Suriname are the first two Caribbean countries to join the highly successful Container Control Programme (CCP) which works with countries to improve port security and prevent the illegal use of sea containers in drug trafficking and transnational organized criminal activities, such as trafficking in chemicals used in the manufacture of drugs (precursors), smuggling [...]

New Tiger on the block: Colombia is now open, says President Santos in Wall Street.

On Friday, May 25, Juan Manuel Santos, President of the Republic of Colombia, visited the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).  During his visit, the President met with NYSE Euronext executives, participated in an executive roundtable breakfast, rang the opening bell and toured the NYSE trading floor.READ MORE HERE

Dozens wounded in Bogota bomb attack as Free Trade Agreement takes effect

The Americas Post - Innocent bus riders were caught in the blast that rocked Bogota

A bomb aimed at a hardline former interior minister killed two of his bodyguards and injured at least 31 people in Bogotá’s uptown commercial district Tuesday, in the kind of attack not been seen in the capital for years. Former official Fernando Londoño suffered minor shrapnel wounds and was out of danger, authorities said. Video [...]

Argentina rejects Spanish demand of nine billion for YPF

The Americas Post - Tempers are flaring over Argentina's recent move to nationalize YPF

Spanish oil company Repsol-YPF announced it will demand over nine billion dollars from Argentina for nationalizing 51 percent of its YPF division, a price tag that has already been rejected by authorities in Buenos Aires. The Argentine government’s decision to take control of the company has sparked a diplomatic crisis between Argentina and Spain, while provoking [...]

Venezuela shipping oil to Syria in spite of sanctions

The Americas Post - This ship carries Venezuelan diesel to prop up Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is sending fuel to Syria, a move that could undermine the impact of international sanctions against Damascus and prop up a government engaged in bloody clashes with civilian demonstrators. A shipment of low-sulfur diesel on board the tanker Black Hippolyta, Venezuelan flagged and operated by a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela [...]

Peru to buy 10 Super Tucano light attack aircraft

The Americas Post - The Embraer Super Tucano is for those who need an airstrike on a budget

Peru is interested in buying 10 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to patrol its Amazon borders, the Brazilian Minister of Defense said Tuesday, opening a new market for Brazilian manufacturer Embraer in Latin America. The announcement was made by Defense Minister Celso Amorim in Brasilia after meeting with Peruvian counterpart Alberto Otarola to discuss the [...]

Argentine-British tensions put bilateral trade at risk

The Americas Post - New demand for undersea oil has made the Falklands a bone of contention again

Recent diplomatic tension between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands may affect growing bilateral trade which last year totaled 1.4 billion dollars, a new report indicates. Among Argentina’s 10 export markets under stress, the most significant is that of Great Britain, destination for 7.5 percent of Argentine sales to the European Union, says a [...]

2000-2010: Another lost decade for South America´s economic competitiveness and social welfare.

“There’s no doubt that with the growth of China, we’ve seen a re-commoditization of Latin America,” said Colombia’s Mining Minister Mauricio Cárdenas, an economist and former Director of the Latin America program at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. In terms of economic development, Latin America did not take any advantage of the rising prices [...]

Chavez rejects World Bank oil decision in advance

The Americas Post - That isn't the Exxon Mobil logo on the side of that storage tank

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Sunday that his nation will not recognize any decision by a World Bank tribunal in a multibillion-dollar arbitration case against Exxon Mobil Corporation. Exxon has called Venezuela before the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, demanding $12 billion in compensation for nationalization of the Cerro [...]

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