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Montevideo, May 10th 2024 - 06:59 UTC

Tag: United States

  • Thursday, May 19th 2016 - 12:02 UTC

    Minutes show Fed could be ready for an interest rate in June

    The suggestion that a rate increase in June is firmly on the table suggests the Fed is closer to tightening monetary policy again

    Federal Reserve officials consider the United States economy could be ready for another interest rate increase in June, according to the minutes from the central bank's April policy meeting released on Wednesday. Most participants in the policy-setting committee's April 26-27 meeting said they wanted to see signs that economic growth was picking up in the second quarter and that employment and inflation were firming, the minutes showed.

  • Thursday, May 19th 2016 - 06:50 UTC

    Argentina and US reestablish defense links after a nine-year freeze

    The delegation to Washington was headed by Angel Tello (L), head of Military Strategy and Affairs and Walter Ceballos, Defense Logistics Services

    Argentina and the United States are in the process of reestablishing strong defense links after a hiatus of seven years following this week's visit to the Pentagon of a high profile delegation from the ministry of defense which addressed several issues of mutual interest and common strategies.

  • Wednesday, May 18th 2016 - 11:32 UTC

    US economy good news: inflation reaches 1.1% and housing starts rise 6.6%

    Commerce Department figures showed housing starts rose by 6.6% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.17 million units.

    US consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in three years in April as energy prices climbed, figures show. The Labor Department's Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% last month, the biggest one-month increase since February 2013.

  • Tuesday, May 17th 2016 - 07:16 UTC

    Cameron stands by his criticism of Trump: “stupid, divisive and wrong”

    UK PM has called the Republican hopeful “stupid, divisive and wrong” over his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US.

    Downing Street has said that Prime Minister David Cameron stands by his criticism of Donald Trump but will work with whoever is elected US president. UK PM has called the Republican hopeful “stupid, divisive and wrong” over his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US.

  • Friday, May 13th 2016 - 06:13 UTC

    US confident Brazil will address political challenges according to constitutional principles

    “We are confident Brazil will work through its political challenges democratically in accordance with its constitutional principles”, said Ms Trudeau

    United States continues to follow political development in Brazil and is confident that the country will work through its political challenges democratically in accordance with its constitutional principles, said the State Department spokesperson on Thursday in reply to a question on current events in Brasilia.

  • Saturday, May 7th 2016 - 13:22 UTC

    Venezuela accuses Washington and the opposition of plotting to overthrow Maduro

    “Venezuela has permanently been threatened by opposition forces in conjunction with imperial centers that support destabilization” claimed Delcy Rodriguez

    Venezuela's foreign minister accused the United States of conspiring to topple President Nicolás Maduro's government in conjunction with Venezuela's opposition. Minister Delcy Rodríguez says the plot includes attempting to remove Maduro's government from the Organization of American States in conjunction with the organization's secretary-general, Luis Almagro.

  • Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:00 UTC

    Republican party orthodoxy waiting for a unifying message from the Trump challenge

    House speaker Paul Ryan, the highest-ranking elected Republican, boldly proclaimed that he was not ready to back Trump

    United States Speaker of the Lower House and one of the most powerful members of the Republican party, Paul D. Ryan thrust open Thursday the discomfort that many party members are feeling about Donald Trump as their presumed presidential nominee, withholding his support and deepening the fracture between the outsider candidate and the party he hopes to lead.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

    “We're going after Hillary Clinton”, says Trump as Cruz leaves the primary

    Trump turned his attention to his likely Democratic opponent, saying, “We're going after Hillary Clinton.”

    Texas Sen. Ted Cruz cleared the path on Tuesday night for Donald Trump to claim the Republican presidential nomination, suspending his underdog campaign following a crushing defeat in the Indiana primary, allowing the billionaire businessman to effectively leave the raucous primary behind and turn his attention squarely to the general election.“We’re gonna win in November,” Trump said.

  • Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 08:39 UTC

    “Adonia”, the first US cruise vessel in fifty years to dock in Havana on Monday

    “Making history and preparing for an even more positive future for everyone is the greatest of honors any company can have,” said Carnival CEO Arnold Donald

    The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century set sail from Florida on Sunday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havana. The Adonia, a vessel from the Carnival cruise's Fathom line, raised its anchors and departed from Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora in the United States, around 4:00 pm.

  • Thursday, April 28th 2016 - 07:22 UTC

    Fed leaves rates unchanged; expectations over an increase move to June

    The Fed said labor market conditions have improved further since its interest rate decision in March, “even as growth in economic activity appears to have slowed.”

    The U.S. Federal Reserve did what many expected on Wednesday as it left its key interest rate range unchanged. The central bank maintained its overnight lending rate for banks at a target range of between 0.25 and 0.50% where it has been since it was boosted from near zero back in December. Expectations now have moved to the two-day meeting on 14/15 June.