MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 24th 2016
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Thursday, March 24th 2016 - 19:34 UTC
Obama pays homage to victims of Argentine dictatorship and admits “US was slow to speak out for human rights”
President Barack Obama paid homage on Thursday to victims of Argentina's former US-backed dictatorship, admitting the United States was “slow to speak out for human rights” in those dark days. Obama became the first US president to formally acknowledge the victims of the 1976-1983 military regime, which declassified documents have revealed was supported by top US officials.
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Thursday, March 24th 2016 - 02:03 UTC
Brazilian Supreme Court emerges with a decisive role in the institutional crisis
The Brazilian government's efforts to have former president Lula da Silva into the cabinet of president Dilma Rousseff will have to wait until next 30 March when the Supreme Court is scheduled to hold its next full meeting. The political upheaval and simultaneous legal back-and forth has reached such a pitch that it inspired a bleakly funny website, lulaeministro.com, or “Is Lula a minister?” The site shows only the former president’s face and the words, “At this moment, No.” (Or yes, depending).
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Thursday, March 24th 2016 - 01:16 UTC
Time bomb in Brazil: list of 200 names of politicians from 18 parties who received illegal funds for elections
Odebrecht, the engineering firm at the heart of Brazil's biggest ever graft probe, on Tuesday agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, in a move likely to send shockwaves across political parties that for years illegally siphoned money from state contracts. Federal police found an office to pay bribes and it surfaced that since February it has a list of 200 politicians who benefited from siphoned funds for election campaigns.
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Thursday, March 24th 2016 - 01:10 UTC
Brazil's chief of staff warns about the “dangerous precedent” of ousting an unpopular government
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff on Wednesday said ousting her would set a “dangerous” precedent for unpopular governments to be toppled in the future. On Tuesday Rousseff said that ongoing impeachment proceedings against her in Congress constituted a “plot” against Brazil's institutions and the nation's stability.
