MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 24th 2019
-
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 16:23 UTC
Amazon fires: Thousands of people protested in front of Brazilian embassies; Montevideo was not an exception
Thousands of people gathered on Friday in front of Brazilian embassies in different cities around the world and Montevideo was no exception. Several hundred protesters, mostly young people, cut off busy Bulevar Artigas Avenue at the embassy of the Amazonian country, whose government is widely criticized for its environmental policies by countless NGOs around the world.
-
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
G7 summit adds 'Amazon wildfires' to an already thorny agenda, which is scrapping a joint declaration
G7 leaders gathering in France this weekend plan to hammer out “concrete measures” in response to the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest, putting them on a collision course with Brazil's rightwing leader.
-
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
IMF mission arrives to Argentina this Saturday: US$ 5.3bn disbursement to be considered
Delegates from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) land in Buenos Aires Saturday as concerns about Argentina’s economy cast doubt upon the future of its record US$56 billion bailouts. The date of the trip was agreed with the Argentine central bank chairman, Guido Sandleris.
-
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:53 UTC
Ireland will not sign EU/Mercosur deal unless Brazil takes action to protect the Amazon rainforest
As wildfires rage through the Brazilian Amazon, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said Dublin will vote against a trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur unless Brazil takes action to protect the rainforest.
-
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Mercosur and EFTA countries reach a free trade agreement
South American trade block Mercosur reached a free trade agreement with four European countries, Argentine officials and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said after talks in Buenos Aires.
-
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:16 UTC
US/China trade war further escalates: where does it end before reaching a point of no return?
President Donald Trump declared on Friday he would further raise American tariffs on all Chinese imports hours after China announced tariffs on American goods, the second escalation within the day of a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies that has shown no sign of ending soon.
-
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
Climate activists protest outside Brazil embassy in London; PM Johnson described fires as “an international crisis”
Climate change activists chanting slogans and waving banners demonstrated outside Brazil's embassy in London on Friday, urging President Jair Bolsonaro to do more to halt the fires in the Amazon rainforest.
