MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 3rd 2016
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Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 - 07:24 UTC
Brazilian caipirinha: Rousseff impeachment and Olympics take off this week
Brazil's long-running presidential impeachment drama starts to unveil this week just as the Rio Olympics sprints out of the starting blocks. Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who is accused of breaking budgetary laws, is staying away from the opening ceremony in Rio.
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Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 - 07:12 UTC
US 'Dream team' rented cruise liner “Silver Cloud” as their Olympic Village
Multi-millionaire members of the US Olympic basketball team have rented a massive luxury cruise ship to call their home while they compete at the Rio Olympics. Super rich members of the 'Dream Team' are shirking the nightmare of the Olympic Village, still undergoing finishing touches in some areas and likely to remain “under construction” throughout the games in others. Members of the women's team are also reported to be calling the cruise ship home.
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Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 - 06:58 UTC
Rio Games opening tailored to the current economic conditions in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro Olympics opening ceremony on Friday will break with the recent tradition of large-scale and expensive shows, featuring a low-emissions cauldron and an “analogue” experience, executive producer Marco Balich said.
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Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 - 06:10 UTC
Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay consider Mercosur chair 'vacant' and call for urgent meeting
Mercosur's disarray and fault lines were again exposed when Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay insisted that Venezuela's self proclamation as president of the group was invalid, and also expressed disappointment with Uruguay for having ended its mandate last Saturday causing “great uncertainty”.
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Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 - 06:02 UTC
Venezuela rejects call for Mercosur meeting and claims a conspiracy against Bolivarianism
Venezuela rejected Argentina's call for an urgent Mercosur meeting and underlined it is exercising the group's pro tempore presidency “legally” accusing Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay of being part of a Triple Alliance which is re-editing “a sort of Plan Condor against Venezuela to harass and criminalize its model of development and democracy”.
