The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) welcomed today the full membership of Venezuela in the bloc, thus strengthening the process of subregional integration.»

Chile and Peru defended their stances Tuesday, a day after the UN International Court of Justice began hearings over their longstanding maritime dispute in The Hague.»

The key importance of natural resources for integration and regional international projection is now at the center of the opening speeches of the preparatory meeting of Foreign Ministers for the 4th Summit of UNASUR.»

Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s body will be exhumed on Tuesday to determine if he was poisoned.»

Three young graduates of the Latin American School of Medicine tour several countries of the region in motorcycles arrived today in Bolivia for a stay to be extended until mid December.»

Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared on Wednesday that hunger and poverty can be stopped in the world and stressed that Africa could learn from the food security experience of his country.»

The insurgent Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP) ordered an unilateral ceasefire, to facilitate the peace talks with their country’s government that began on Monday in Havana.»

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) announced today in this capital a unilateral ceasefire starting tomorrow, until January 20, 2013.»

U.S. activists continue their protests on Sunday to demand that the Obama administration close the former School of the Americas, and withdraw the Pentagon’s military bases in Latin America and the world.»

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos expressed his gratitude towards Cuba’s support for the realization of the peace talks agreed with the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Army of the People (FARC-EP).»