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Montevideo, October 24th 2025 - 05:09 UTC

International

  • Saturday, July 4th 2015 - 07:13 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez plans sixth meeting with the Pope, when he visits Paraguay

    The Pope and Cristina Fernández last private meeting was on 7 June in Rome. CFK said they discussed world hunger and politics, but not Argentine issues.

    Argentine President Cristina Fernández will have a meeting with Pope Francis during the Pontiff’s visit to Paraguay, official sources have confirmed. The Argentine leader will travel to Asunción between July 11 and 13 for her sixth encounter with Francis, who will be ending his South American tour during those dates. The Pope will visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay, beginning Sunday.

  • Saturday, July 4th 2015 - 06:57 UTC

    ITUC appeal to FC Barcelona voting members to end Qatar Airways sponsorship

    “As one of the richest sports team in the world, Barcelona does not need Qatar’s blood money tainting its shirt”, said ITUC general secretary Sharan Burrow

    The ITUC has called on FC Barcelona “socios” (voting members) and fans to end the club’s Qatar Airways sponsorship, saying that the airline is the very worst sponsor for a club with a 100-year tradition of democracy and universality.

  • Friday, July 3rd 2015 - 12:43 UTC

    JBS buys UK's Moy Park for $1.5bn from rival Mafrig Global Foods

    Moy Park, the largest producer of poultry in the UK, will give JBS access to affluent markets in Britain, Scandinavia and other European countries

    Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest meat packer, has agreed to pay about $1.5 billion for Moy Park, the British unit of rival Mafrig Global Foods. JBS, which has undertaken a massive overseas expansion since 2007, will pay $1.19 billion in cash and will assume Moy Park’s debt totaling £200 million as part of the deal, Marfrig said in a statement.

  • Friday, July 3rd 2015 - 07:38 UTC

    BP agrees to a $18.7bn settlement on claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill

    The April 20, 2010 rig explosion and spill killed 11 workers and spewed oil for nearly three months on to the shorelines of several states.

    UK oil and gas giant BP said it has reached an $18.7 billion settlement of damages claims from the US government and five states after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill. The US Justice Department said it could be the largest settlement with a single entity in US history and the total value would top $20 billion.

  • Friday, July 3rd 2015 - 06:55 UTC

    US asks Switzerland for extradition of seven FIFA officials on bribery charges

    The list includes former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb and FIFA vice-president Eugenio Figueredo from Uruguay (L)

    The United States asked Switzerland on Thursday to extradite seven FIFA officials arrested in an investigation into a global bribery scandal at soccer's governing body, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) announced.

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2015 - 06:13 UTC

    Mercosur summit will establish 'action plan' to speed discussions with Europe

    “Discussions with the EU continue to advance. We're planning a meeting next September between Mercosur members”, said Nin Novoa

    The Mercosur Council will establish an “action plan” at the next Mercosur presidential summit scheduled for 16/17 July in Brasilia, when the group's chair for the next six months will be handed to Paraguay by Brazil. Other issues on the agenda besides making Mercosur more flexible include addressing the 'special regimes' and the 'free trade zones' in the area, revealed Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa.

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2015 - 05:45 UTC

    FIFA chief Blatter convinced he's “clean” and one day will go to heaven

    “But if anybody calls me corrupt because FIFA is corrupt, I can only shake my head. Everybody who says something like that should go to jail” said Blatter

    Sepp Blatter, president of the world soccer governing body FIFA that is embroiled in corruption investigations, has told a German magazine he has a 'clean and clear' conscience and believes he will “go to heaven one day”.

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2015 - 05:24 UTC

    Gibraltar hosts 35-country EU Small Business Association in Brussels office

    In his welcome remarks to ESBA, Sir Graham Watson said: “European Small Business Association is the driving force of Europe’s economy.”

    Gibraltar House in Brussels hosted a board meeting of the European Small Business Association (ESBA). The Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses was a founding member of ESBA, and currently participates in it as a Board member. ESBA has its headquarters in the city and represents over one million small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed people from 35 countries.

  • Wednesday, July 1st 2015 - 20:27 UTC

    Lack of sanitation for 2.4 billion people undermining health improvements

    “To benefit human health it is vital to further accelerate progress on sanitation, particularly in rural and underserved areas,” according to Dr Neira.

    Lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water, warn WHO and UNICEF in a report tracking access to drinking water and sanitation against the Millennium Development Goals.

  • Wednesday, July 1st 2015 - 05:41 UTC

    Greece in IMF 'arrears'; it will default when it misses commercial payment

    S&P’s said it would designate Greece as being in default, if it cannot make payments to private creditors: ie €2 billion in Greek Treasury bills due 10 July

    Greece on Tuesday became the first developed country to join a roster that includes some of the world’s poorest and worst governed nations, including Iraq, Sudan, Somalia and Zimbabwe. Those are a few of the countries that have missed payments to the IMF as Greece did Tuesday, when it failed to make a loan payment of about 1.5 billion Euros, or $1.7 billion, to the fund.