Stories for June 2016

Tuesday, June 7th 2016 - 08:59 UTC
Macri resumes activities on Monday: “I am here, I am fine”

Argentine president Mauricio Macri resumed on Monday his official activities after an arrhythmia condition that led him to be hospitalized Friday night. Macri appeared at a morning rally in a southern locality of Buenos Aries to announce a financial aid for neighborhood clubs, highly affected by the latest utility rate hikes, and thanked all the messages he received.
Tuesday, June 7th 2016 - 08:46 UTC
Temer's Tourism minister might have to 'advance holidays' because of Petrobras

Brazil's prosecutor general found evidence linking the tourism minister of interim President Michel Temer to the corruption scheme at Petrobras, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Monday. Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot included intercepted phone messages in a request to the Supreme Court for a formal investigation of Tourism Minister Henrique Eduardo Alves, Folha reported in publishing excerpts of the messages.
Tuesday, June 7th 2016 - 08:29 UTC
“Out” prevailing over “Remain” in Brexit as immigration displaces economy as center of debate

The campaign for Britain to leave the European Union has taken a 4-5 percentage point lead ahead of a June 23 referendum, according to online polls by ICM and YouGov, sending sterling towards three-week lows against the U.S. dollar.
Tuesday, June 7th 2016 - 08:11 UTC
Almagro accuses Macri of reversing campaign promises in the Venezuelan situation

After directing criticism at Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and urging that Caracas be considered for suspension from the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro has accused Argentine President Mauricio Macri of impeding those efforts and of reversing his campaign promises of taking a hard line against Maduro.
Monday, June 6th 2016 - 14:44 UTC
Presidential arrhythmia: 'Stress' and 'ministers who make the president's blood to boil'

Argentina's presidential medical team and the head of the powerful trade unions umbrella organization gave their opinions on what could have caused President Mauricio Macri's heart arrhythmia and heart tests that followed and forced him to rest over the weekend.
Monday, June 6th 2016 - 11:07 UTC
Uruguay will hand the Mercosur rotating chair to Venezuela in July and defies OAS chief proposal

Uruguay will hand over the chair of Mercosur to Venezuela at the end of July, as indicated by the organization's calendar, and does not support the implementation of the Democratic clause against the government of president Nicolas Maduro, as sponsored by OAS secretary general, Luis Almagro a former Uruguayan foreign minister.
Monday, June 6th 2016 - 11:01 UTC
Support for Macri remains strong despite tough economic measures

A majority of Argentines continue to support president Mauricio Macri despite a raft of unpopular measures, public utilities rate increases, inflation, redundancies and slower activity, which his administration has been forced to implement in the first six months of his mandate in an attempt to reorganize the country's economy.
Monday, June 6th 2016 - 10:51 UTC
Brazil's Lower House approves salary raises for military and civil servants

The lower house of Brazil's Congress approved last week salary raises for military and civil servants that will cost about 4 billion reais (US$1.12 billion) this year, the lower house said through its official news agency.
Monday, June 6th 2016 - 10:46 UTC
Petrobras will have full independence to set domestic fuel prices

Brazil's energy ministry said on Saturday it backed full independence for Petrobras to set domestic fuel prices, blaming past controls for saddling the state-controlled oil company with crippling debt that is the oil industry's largest.
Monday, June 6th 2016 - 07:54 UTC
Kuczynski has a slight lead over Keiko in the Peruvian presidential runoff

Economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had a slight lead over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former president, as early results came in from Peru's presidential election on Sunday. The 77-year-old Kuczynski had 50.59% support while Fujimori had 49.41% with about 52% of votes counted.