MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 14th 2015
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Monday, September 14th 2015 - 10:24 UTC
Folha: “President Rousseff's last chance to save her government”
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has one last chance to stem a growing political and economic crisis before being forced to step down, one of the country's leading daily newspapers said on Sunday.
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Monday, September 14th 2015 - 10:15 UTC
Catholic church exposes 'true reality' of infant malnutrition in Argentina
The Catholic church warned of the “true reality” of infant malnutrition and structural poverty which does 'not yield' in Argentina, on launching the traditional funds' collection “More for Less” which took place over the weekend under the motto “Let's give more so that less suffer”.
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Monday, September 14th 2015 - 10:02 UTC
Poverty and malnutrition back on the Argentine presidential campaign debate
Poverty and malnutrition are back on the Argentine presidential campaign debate as a consequence of the death of a 14-year old boy from an indigenous community which shocked Argentine public opinion.
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Monday, September 14th 2015 - 09:49 UTC
Argentine opposition lawmakers to demand 'transparency' from the Electoral Court
Argentine lawmakers from several opposition Lower House caucuses will appear on Monday before the National Electoral Court to present their “Inter-party agreement for Electoral Transparency”, an accord to avoid irregularities in October 25 presidential and legislative polls.
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Monday, September 14th 2015 - 09:42 UTC
Corbyn names shadow cabinet; appeals to unity including people from centre of the party
Jeremy Corbyn has named John McDonnell shadow chancellor and defeated leadership candidate Andy Burnham shadow home secretary. Hilary Benn will be shadow foreign secretary in the new Labor leader's first shadow cabinet. Lord Falconer will be shadow justice secretary, Angela Eagle will be shadow business secretary and Lewisham MP Heidi Alexander will oversee health.
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Monday, September 14th 2015 - 09:24 UTC
Corbyn's victory seems to indicate Labor wants to move to the left and away from Blair-Brown era
When Jeremy Corbyn entered the race to lead the Labor Party earlier this year, he struggled to get the 35 nominations from members of parliament needed to make it onto the ballot. That is a distant memory after he won a resounding victory to become the leader of the party. With 59.5% of the first-preference votes, Corbyn's mandate beats that won by Tony Blair in 1994.
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Monday, September 14th 2015 - 07:15 UTC
Cristina Fernandez celebrates Corbyn as “the triumph of hope”
Argentine President Cristina Fernández congratulated Jeremy Corbyn for the victory in the elections of Britain’s Labor Party calling him “the great friend of Latin America” and for supporting dialogue with London to discuss the sovereignty of the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
