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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 07:17 UTC

    Suspicious death in Argentina by The New York Times editorial board

    The government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner seems eager to establish that the death of prosecutor Nisman was suicide

    The following editorial was published on Wednesday by The New York Times addressing recent events surrounding the mysterious death in Buenos Aires of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the still unsolved case of the July 1994 attack on the Argentine Jewish community center, AMIA. He had been involved in the case for ten years and investigating an alleged Iranian connection.

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 06:53 UTC

    Uruguay's Almagro becomes the only contender for OAS Secretary General post

    Almagro a career diplomat who was named Minister by President Jose Mujica thus has the way clear for becoming the successor of Insulza

    Guatemalan former Vice President Eduardo Stein on Wednesday announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy to head the Organization of American States due to health reasons. Stein's withdrawal leaves Uruguay's foreign minister, Luis Almagro, as the only declared candidate for the post.

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 06:39 UTC

    Brazil central bank increases basic rate to 12,25%, highest since August 2011

    “Considering the macroeconomic outlook and perspectives for inflation, Copom decided unanimously to raise the Selic rate by 0.50 percentage point,”

    Brazil's central bank raised interest rates to a more than three-year high on Wednesday, maintaining an aggressive pace of monetary tightening to contain high inflation, help the economy back on its tracks and win investors disillusioned with the once-booming economy.

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 06:26 UTC

    US/Cuba talks take off and are described as “productive and constructive”

    “Cuba aspires to have a normal relationship with the United States, in the broader sense but also in the area of migration”, pointed out Ms Vidal

    US and Cuban officials launched historic talks to shed their Cold War-era hostility on Wednesday, complimenting each other on the first day's progress despite persistent differences over migration policy.

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 06:09 UTC

    Right to sunbathe topless triggers spontaneous protest in Rio beaches

    A scantily clad group of female protesters drew a heavily breathing gaggle of journalists and cell-phone wielding onlookers to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. The protest was not meant to draw attention to another corruption scandal, police killing, or unwanted hike in transit fares, rather demand women’s right to sunbathe topless, a cause that most of the onlookers appeared to support.

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 05:38 UTC

    Morales invested as Indian leader in Andean ritual calls to defend Mother Earth Pachamama

    The rituals took place on the eve of Morales official inauguration in the Bolivian Congress, an event that will begin his third consecutive term as president (Pic AP)

    Bolivian President Evo Morales called Wednesday for a halt to “the crazy race of destroying the Earth in the name of development” after being invested as Indian leader in a ritual at the pre-Colombian ruins of Tiahuanaco, located some 71 kilometers from La Paz.

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 05:24 UTC

    Falklands' invasion in 1982, prevented an 'irreversible' solution for Gibraltar

    Ambassador Cuenca recalls that on 3 April the Sintra statement on Gibraltar was to be signed with UK, but on 2 April Argentina invaded the Falklands

    Had it not been for the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, and the war that followed, Spain would have achieved through negotiations an 'irreversible solution' to the Gibraltar dispute with Great Britain, revealed Spanish diplomat, scholar and academic Jose Cuenca in his recently launched book, “From Adolfo Suarez to Gorbachev; an ambassador's testimonies and shared secrets”.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 20:51 UTC

    The Falkland Islands - 250 Years British

    Perfect weather for this very special occasion, the Rover Rally at Victory Green

    The 250th anniversary of the Union Flag (Union Jack) being raised by Commodore John Byron on 21st January 1765 was today celebrated by the people of the Falklands. Signifying British rule and inclusion as a part of the commonwealth, the first British population was settled making the foundations of the community resident today.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 08:24 UTC

    OAS and Commonwealth discuss challenges to democracy and governance

    OAS Assistant Secretary Ramdin and Commonwealth officials met in London and underlined the relationship of 'mutual respect' between the two bodies

    The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, and the leadership of the Commonwealth Secretariat held discussions on challenges to democracy and good governance facing member states of both organizations.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 08:16 UTC

    Falklands governor hosts reception for visiting scientists of the Americas

    Scientists are taking part in the Falklands Science Symposium, investigating opportunities for collaboration with SAERI and other groups in the region. (Pic SAERI)

    Visiting scientists from “all corners of the Americas” have received a warm welcome to the Falkland Islands. The delegates from the US, Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and Chile are experts in a range of fields including marine ecology, oceanography and geology and are on a week-long visit at the invitation of the Falkland Islands government and the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, SAERI.