The Irish Times - Thursday, May 24, 2012Booming Latin America offers trading path out of recessionOPINION: A joint article by Latin American ambassadors María Esther Teresa Bondanza, of Argentina; Pedro Fernando Bretas Bastos, of Brazil; Teresita de Caridad Trujillo Hernandez, of Cuba; Leonel Fernando Searle Couve, of Chile; and Carlos Garcia de Alba Zepeda, of MexicoTHE FIVE Latin American ambassadors in Ireland believe this country should turn its gaze to the region that accounts for 9 per cent of the world population to diversify its trade and strengthen its position worldwide. Latin America represents 16 per cent of world trade and, despite a global outlook for slow growth, its countries collectively grew by 4.9 per cent per annum between 2003 and 2008.Two decades of democracy ... Continue reading →

Chairman of the House Defence and Foreign Relations Committee Adan Keynan. The committee has proposed that Kenya’s mission in Ireland should be “closed down” May 24, 2012. FILE Parliament’s Defence and Foreign Relations Committee has proposed that Kenya’s mission in Ireland should be “closed down”. The lawmakers said that the mission in Dublin “does not serve any significant diplomatic and economic purpose”. The mission, with a yet-to-be-approved budget of Sh106 million, will miss out on the allocations in the next financial year because the MPs are categorical that the money should go into opening a new consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The MPs said that because of the complaints of mistreatment of Kenyans, many of them employed in Saudi Arabia as househelps, there was a ... Continue reading →