MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 3rd 2017
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Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 07:32 UTC
Russia accuses US of imposing a “full scale trade war”; Trump claims Congress is infringing his powers
United States president Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, a move Moscow said amounted to a full-scale trade war and an end to hopes for better ties with the Trump administration. Congress overwhelmingly approved the legislation last week, passing a measure that conflict with the Republican president's desire to improve relations with Moscow.
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Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 07:18 UTC
Venezuela denies electoral manipulation; constituent assembly inauguration delayed
Venezuela's election chief has denied a report that voter turnout numbers were “manipulated” and inflated by at least 1 million for this week's controversial election to choose an assembly to rewrite the national constitution.
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Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 07:01 UTC
Canny Temer survives vote in the Lower House: “a clear undisputable victory”
Brazilian lawmakers tossed out a corruption charge against scandal-plagued President Michel Temer on Wednesday, saving the conservative leader from becoming the country’s second leader in 12 months to be forced from office. Despite hugely embarrassing bribery allegations, Temer had been expected to survive.
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Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 06:50 UTC
Hammond and Macri agree to expand trade, investment and building closer links
Argentine president Mauricio Macri received on Wednesday Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, who had anticipated the purpose of the visit was to deepen UK-Argentine economic partnership and address political issues of common interest, such as the 2018 G20 summit and Argentina's aspiration to join OECD.
