MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 28th 2015
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Friday, August 28th 2015 - 07:22 UTC
Brazil/EU summit next year following exchange of proposals with Mercosur
Brazil and the European Union agreed to hold their annual summit during the first half of 2016, following the exchange of proposals for a wide ranging and cooperation trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur.
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Friday, August 28th 2015 - 07:06 UTC
US economy 2Q performance changes the mood of markets
Shares rise and oil prices jumped 9% after revised figures showed the US economy grew by far more than had been thought between April and June. The economy grew by an annualized rate of 3.7%, up from the first estimate of 2.3%. Growth of 0.6% in the first three months of the year was not revised.
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Friday, August 28th 2015 - 06:50 UTC
US Treasury sanctions Farc members operating from Switzerland
The US has announced sanctions against four alleged members of Colombia's Farc rebel group, accusing them of drug trafficking and money laundering. The four men used a shop in Switzerland as a front for their activities, the US treasury department said. It says the Farc still use drugs to fund their “ruthless operation”.
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Friday, August 28th 2015 - 06:17 UTC
Argentine Catholic Church in the dock over snatching of babies during military dictatorship
High-ranking officials of the Argentine Catholic Church were implicated in the appropriation of babies from detainees who were held in Cordoba province’s La Perla clandestine concentration camp during the last military dictatorship, journalist and writer Horacio Verbitsky, the head of the CELS human rights group, testified.
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Friday, August 28th 2015 - 06:01 UTC
Infancy poverty in Argentina extensive to 40% of children living in urban areas
Infancy poverty in Argentina includes 40% of all children in urban areas, while 9.5% are considered to be living in indigent conditions, according to the latest Social Debt Barometer, from the Argentina Catholic University, UCA.
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Friday, August 28th 2015 - 05:32 UTC
Lula da Silva seems to have lost his invincible electoral allure, opinion polls show
Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva, if he decided to run again in 2018 as his Workers Party insists, would lose the presidential contest against any of three potential candidates from the leading opposition party, PSDB, (Brazilian Social Democracy) according to a public opinion poll released this week.
