MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 27th 2017
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Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:45 UTC
Brazilian meats' scandal: China, Egypt, Chile limit imports ban to the 21 processing plants involved
Brazil won a major victory as it battles to restore credibility amid a tainted meat scandal, with China, Egypt and Chile lifting their bans on its products. The three countries, which had totally closed their markets to Brazilian meat at the start of last week, said they would open them to all but the 21 Brazilian processing plants under investigation.
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Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:38 UTC
Brazilians take to the streets to support corruption investigations and jailing politicians
Brazilians furious at corruption demonstrated on Sunday in support of a politically explosive probe into high-level embezzlement and bribery, but turnout was lower than at previous protests. The long-planned day of nationwide demonstrations kicked off in the capital Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro, before shifting to the nation's biggest city Sao Paulo.
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Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:22 UTC
EU celebrates 60 years and the blessing of the “multi-speed” concept
The European Union celebrated 60 years since its creation with the signing of a new treaty in Rome on Saturday, four days ahead of the start of Britain's formal exit from the bloc. Twenty-seven countries met to sign a new declaration on Capitoline Hill - where six founding states signed the Treaty of Rome, creating the European Economic Community, in 1957.
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Monday, March 27th 2017 - 05:12 UTC
Correa´s candidate headed for victory in Ecuador presidential runoff next Sunday
The latest release of public opinion polls ahead of next Sunday's (April 2) presidential runoff in Ecuador show the ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno winning by a margin of 4.5 percentage points. The Cedatos poll conducted between March 18th and 21st, showed the ruling party candidate with 52.4% of the vote compared to opposition leader Guillermo Lasso‘s 47.6% (a 4.8% difference).
