MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 10th 2015
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Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 08:50 UTC
Business lobbies feeling the pinch, impatient with Rousseff's budget cuts
After months of trying to shore up Brazil's public finances, President Dilma Rousseff now faces political and business pressure to ease up on painful austerity measures in a country long hooked on the helping hand of a big state.
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Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 08:33 UTC
Lula da Silva campaigns for Scioli and is full of praise for Cristina Fernandez and the 'K' model
Brazil's popular but scandal-weary former leader Lula da Silva endorsed Argentina's ruling party presidential candidate on Wednesday, identifying Daniel Scioli's credentials with the political left, and hoping the current project “that began in 2003 is re-elected”. The former president was also full of praise for president Cristina Fernandez.
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Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 08:25 UTC
Queen Elizabeth thanks well-wishers for their 'touching messages of kindness'
Queen Elizabeth has thanked well-wishers in the UK and overseas for their “touching messages of kindness” as she becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch. Speaking in the Scottish Borders, the 89-year-old monarch said the title was “not one to which I have ever aspired”.
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Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 08:14 UTC
Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein makes official his bid to head FIFA and slams Platini
Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan wastes no time in slamming Michel Platini as he announces his bid to succeed Sepp Blatter as head of world football's governing body. After hinting at a second run for the FIFA presidency at the Soccerex Global Convention in Manchester on Monday, the Jordanian officially launched his campaign on Wednesday in Amman.
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Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 07:52 UTC
Brazil loses investment-grade credit rating, with outlook remaining negative
Standard & Poor's has stripped Brazil of its investment-grade credit rating, further hampering President Dilma Rousseff's efforts to regain market trust and pull Latin America's largest economy out of recession.
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Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 07:35 UTC
Economists' open letter to UN: political power must be preeminent in handling economic policy
European countries must support the United Nations’ proposals for sovereign debt restructuring! – Open letter to the UN by 19 economists.On Thursday September 10, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on nine principles concerning the restructuring of sovereign debts.
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Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 06:32 UTC
Lula da Silva pictured with the Pope's Malvinas-dialogue poster
Brazil's former president Lula da Silva was pictured holding Pope Francis' poster calling for dialogue in the 'Malvinas issue'.
