MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2024, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Decisive debate in UK parliament with a general election 14 October in the cards]]> MPs from Johnson's own Conservative Party are preparing to join opposition lawmakers in a vote on Tuesday to try to force him to delay Brexit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call an election for Oct 14 if MPs vote against his Brexit strategy, a top official said on Monday on the eve of a parliamentary showdown. MPs from Johnson's own Conservative Party are preparing to join opposition lawmakers in a vote on Tuesday to try to force him to delay Brexit if he cannot strike an agreement with Brussels in the next few weeks.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:30:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Tories unite to warn Theresa May to forget a snap election to overcome the Brexit gridlock]]> Downing Street aides have signaled the Prime Minister will make another last-ditch attempt to get her deal through the Commons after it was voted down three times Tory MPs are warning Theresa May they will resist any attempt by the Prime Minister to call a snap general election in a bid to end the Brexit crisis engulfing the party. MPs from both the pro-Brexit and pro-EU wings of the party warned they could face an electoral disaster if she goes to the country early.

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Mon, 01 Apr 2019 05:59:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Piñera is Chile's next president: he beat the center left candidate by ten points]]> “Today the voice of all Chileans has been heard,” Piñera told supporters. “We welcome this triumph with humility and hope.” Billionaire former President Sebastian Piñera easily won Chile's presidential runoff election on Sunday, moving the world's top-copper producing country back to the right. Piñera got 54.6% of the votes to 45.4% for center-left Senator Alejandro Guillier, with nearly all the ballots counted.

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Mon, 18 Dec 2017 05:55:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Venezuelan opposition requests Unasur observers for elections and primaries]]> Growing concerns about the Venezuelan electoral calendar because of President Chavez condition Venezuela’s Democratic Unit Panel, MUD, which brings together most opposition forces, has requested Unasur observers for the 2012 presidential election and for the different parties’ primaries.

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:53:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Austerity and tough spending cuts in Lula da Silva’s last two months]]> The outgoing president to help put the house in order Brazil’s Lula da Silva could implement a series of austerity measures and spending cuts during the last two months of his presidential period in order to leave an easier scenario for president-elect Dilma Rousseff, reported Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.

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Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:18:00 GMT
<![CDATA[A woman president for Latinamerica’s largest economy and Lula da Silva’s legacy]]> Dilma Rousseff making the victory signal after voting early Sunday President Lula da Silva’s handpicked candidate Dilma Rousseff won Brazil's Sunday run-off becoming the first woman president to lead Latinamerica’s largest economy. Ms Rousseff promised to stick to policies that have lifted millions from poverty and made Brazil one of the world's hottest economies.

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Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:03:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Another plus for Lula da Silva: Dilma in the threshold of becoming Brazil’s first woman president]]> The two candidates shake hands following Friday night’s debate   <br />
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Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff cruised through the final television debate with presidential rival Jose Serra on Friday as another poll showed her heading for a convincing win in Sunday's runoff election.

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Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:58:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Serra promises “substantial” changes to relations with Mercosur if elected president]]> The candidate also criticized Lula da Silva’s close links with dictators Brazil’s presidential opposition candidate Jose Serra promised substantial changes to the country’s foreign policy if elected next Sunday. He specifically mentioned Brazil’s lobbying for a seat at the UN Security Council, the functioning of Mercosur and relations with Cuba and Iran.

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Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:33:00 GMT
<![CDATA[The Economist prefers Jose Serra as a better president but admits the inevitable]]> Dilma Rousseff, the first woman president of Brazil? Nevertheless it admits that Dilma Rousseff, with the help from outgoing president Lula da Silva, (and his extraordinary political gifts and innate pragmatism), will most probably be the winner.

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Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Dilma Rousseff seems back on track and leads with 51% vote intention]]> The ruling Workers party candidate has had a rough time with corruption claims and views on abortion The Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff has widened her lead ahead of a presidential runoff vote on October 31, a poll showed, suggesting her campaign may be back on pace after a rough two weeks in which she appeared to be back-pedalling

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Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:33:00 GMT