MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 1st 2018
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Thursday, February 1st 2018 - 21:53 UTC
Trump presses: Bipartisan efforts stalled in Bargain on Immigration
After the night of Trump’s State of Union address, bipartisan clashes continue since President Donald Trump turned on the pressure on Democrats on Thursday to come to an agreement on protection for the undocumented immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.
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Thursday, February 1st 2018 - 20:35 UTC
Majority of Brazilians want Lula in prison and would not support a candidate sponsored by him
Brazil’s presidential election is up for grabs, according to the latest public opinion poll, with popular ex-president Lula da Silva likely to be barred because of his corruption conviction and half of the electorate responding they want to see him in jail.
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Thursday, February 1st 2018 - 20:27 UTC
Yellen steps down leaving Fed rates unchanged and the US economy growing at “solid rate”
The United States Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it was still trying to stimulate faster economic growth as one of the longest expansions in American history neared the end of its ninth year. The Fed said after a two-day meeting of its policymaking committee that it was leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged in a range of 1.25% to 1.5%, a relatively low level that the Fed said would help support continued job growth and stronger inflation.
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Thursday, February 1st 2018 - 11:05 UTC
Opposition denies pre-agreement in the dialogue
The pro-government representative in the negotiations in Dominican Republic, Jorge Rodriguez announced that a pre-agreement had been reached and that he was almost certain that on Wednesday the talks would come to fruition. However, the opposition came to deny it.
