MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 1st 2014
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Monday, December 1st 2014 - 09:52 UTC
Lacalle Pou accepts defeat and promises to continue working from parliament
“People have decided and opted for the ticket Tabare Vazquez-Raul Sendic and results must be complied, respected and defended”, were Luis Lacalle Pou's first words admitting defeat on Sunday evening to Uruguay's next president Vazquez.
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Monday, December 1st 2014 - 09:44 UTC
A “Malvinas 'invasion' with women”, Mujica proposes to the Argentines
Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that if Argentina wished to recover the Falklands/Malvinas Islands it should appeal to the “women” and an invasion of “mattresses and blankets”.
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Monday, December 1st 2014 - 09:18 UTC
Argentina's visiting Scioli was the first to officially announce Vazquez' victory
Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli who on Sunday travelled to Montevideo to congratulate elected president Tabare Vazquez, unknowingly was the first person to officially confirm the victory of Uruguay's next leader a few minutes after voting booths were closed.
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Monday, December 1st 2014 - 08:36 UTC
Vazquez pledges to work with the opposition in Uruguay's main challenges
An hour after voting booths were closed on Sunday, and when exit polls confirmed former Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez had been elected by a wide margin as the next leader of the country, Luis Lacalle Pou rang the winner to congratulate him and wish him the best for the country.
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Monday, December 1st 2014 - 08:22 UTC
Presidential hopeful Scioli sends another 10.000 police on the beat in Buenos Aires province
Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli has reinforced his 2015 electoral platform promoting law-and-order and tackling crime after inspecting the 10,000 police cadets that graduated from the Juan Vucetich academy. The police officers will be joining the Buenos Aires provincial police and will be soon patrolling Greater Buenos Aires, rural areas and will be part of communal police forces.
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Monday, December 1st 2014 - 08:19 UTC
Slow planting season cuts soybean production prospects for Brazil
US officials joined market analysts cutting Brazilian soybean production prospects thanks to a slow planting season, but maintained expectations of a, small, rise in exports to a record high.
