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Montevideo, May 8th 2024 - 03:28 UTC

Stories for March 15th 2019

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 06:41 UTC

    What is next for the Brexit Negotiations?

    PM Theresa May is safe from a leadership challenge, having just survived one, but could take the consistent rejection of her deal as her cue to resign.

    This week MPs in the UK voted against Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal, but also voted against leaving the European Union without a deal of some sort. This means that May must apply for an extension to Article 50, which is the transition plan enacted by any member state that wants to withdraw from the EU.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 05:13 UTC

    Parliament votes to ask EU for a delay to Brexit; MPs rejected a second referendum

    The vote means UK may not now leave on 29 March. Mrs. May says Brexit could be delayed by three months, to 30 June, if MPs back her deal in a vote next week.

    MPs voted on Thursday by 413 to 202 - a majority of 211 - for Prime Minister Theresa May to ask the EU for a delay to Brexit. This means the UK may not now leave on 29 March as previously planned. Mrs. May says Brexit could be delayed by three months, to 30 June, if MPs back her deal in a vote next week.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 04:59 UTC

    Falklands Brexit impact still uncertain as 29 March looms

    MLA Teslyn Barkman said that regardless of the outcome of Brexit, Falklands will need to negotiate a future relationship with the EU independently of the UK

    The possible impact of Brexit on the Falklands is no nearer to gaining definition as UK MPs once again voted against a Brexit deal proposed by Theresa May, as well as voting against the possibility of leaving the European Union (EU) without any sort of deal.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 04:40 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez flies to Cuba to be next to her sick daughter

    CFK suggested Florencia's poor health was caused by “the fierce persecution to which she has been subjected to”, a reference to ongoing criminal investigations

    Ex-Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner left on Thursday for Cuba to assist her 29-year-old daughter Florencia, who is receiving medical treatment. In a dramatic video posted on her Twitter, the senator for Buenos Aires province said that her daughter was suffering from ”severe health problems” and began special treatment in Cuba last December.

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