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Montevideo, March 16th 2026 - 04:49 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 09:35 UTC

    Chile calls for closer links between Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance

    Munoz invited his regional counterparts to the upcoming summit between CELAC, the region's largest group and China, which Chile is to host on January 21 and 22.

    Chilean Foreign Affairs Minister Heraldo Munoz called for closer ties between Latin America's two leading trade blocs. Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance should work more closely together, Munoz told the 51st Mercosur and associate members summit held this week in Brasilia.

  • Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 09:23 UTC

    Divided Fujimori opposition helped Kuczynski avoid removal from office

    Kuczynski’s government had denied that a pardon for imprisoned Alberto Fujimori would be part of a political negotiation.

    Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has thwarted a bid in Congress to force him out over a graft scandal, as an opposition lawmaker accused him of securing votes by promising to free ex-president Alberto Fujimori from jail. Before Thursday evening’s vote on a motion to push him out, Kuczynski urged lawmakers to set aside unproven allegations of graft against him to defend Peru from what he called a coup attempt by the right-wing Popular Force party.

  • Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 09:13 UTC

    Ecuador constitutional court allows process to dismiss imprisoned ex vice-president

    Glas is in preventive custody since October 2 and was sentenced last week to six years in prison for receiving US$13.5 million in kickbacks from Odebrecht

    Ecuador's Constitutional Court gave lawmakers authority to start proceedings aimed at dismissing Vice President Jorge Glas -- in prison for graft -- from office. The court's judges gave unanimous backing to the National Assembly to go ahead with the procedure.

  • Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 08:47 UTC

    Trump administration recognizes reelected Hernandez as Honduras president

    State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said all sides should aim to end the recent violence that has killed at least 17 people.

    The Trump administration on Friday recognized the results of Honduras’ disputed presidential election, despite problems found by poll observers and calls from the U.S. Congress for a new vote. In a statement, the U.S. State Department congratulated President Juan Orlando Hernandez on his re-election, but also urged the country’s electoral commission to examine all disputes to the result.

  • Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 11:02 UTC

    Macri sends message to the Venezuelan people and demands respect for human rights

    “I couldn't forget a solidarity message and of support for the Venezuelan people” pointed out Macri during the 51st Mercosur summit taking place in Brasilia

    Argentine president Mauricio Macri in Brasilia expressed full solidarity with the Venezuelan people, called for human rights respect and freedom for the political prisoners held by the regime of president Nicolas Maduro.

  • Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 10:58 UTC

    “Mercosur, the most isolated and protectionist block in the world”

    Macri said that decades long protectionist attitude of Mercosur only helped “to deepen poverty in our countries”

    Mercosur is the most isolated and protectionist block in the world, said Argentine president Mauricio Macri on Thursday during a meeting with Argentine media, in Brasilia, in the framework of the current presidential summit during which the six-month rotating chair of the group will passed from Brazil to Paraguay.

  • Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 10:51 UTC

    Theresa May loses one of her closest allies in the cabinet to pornography allegations

    Green, 61, who as first secretary of state was effectively the PM's deputy, is the third cabinet minister to resign in the space of two months

    Damian Green, one of British Prime Minister Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code. He was “asked to quit” after he was found to have made “inaccurate and misleading” statements over what he knew about claims pornography was found on his office computer in 2008.

  • Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 10:46 UTC

    Mercosur divided on Jerusalem vote: Argentina and Paraguay abstained; Brazil and Uruguay supported

    The United Nations assembly panel, with overwhelming support for the resolution: In favor, 128, Against 9, Abstention, 35.

    A resolution backed overwhelmingly by the United Nations has effectively called on the US to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The vote in support of the resolution was 128, nine against and 35 abstentions. The South American Mercosur block, currently holding a summit in Brasilia, voted divided, while Brazil and Uruguay supported the resolution, Argentina and Paraguay abstained.

  • Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 10:16 UTC

    Catalonia is back at starting point: separatists win a slim majority

    The unexpected result sets the stage for the return to power of deposed Catalan president Carles Puigdemont who campaigned from self-exile in Brussels.

    Catalonia's separatists look set to regain power in the wealthy Spanish region after local elections on Thursday, deepening the nation's political crisis in a sharp rebuke to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and European Union leaders who backed him. With nearly all votes counted, separatist parties won a slim majority in Catalan parliament, a result that promises to prolong political tensions which have damaged Spain's economy and prompted a business exodus from the region.

  • Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 09:56 UTC

    Argentina: Approval of reform bills triggers markets

    The president Mauricio Macri administration expects the economy to grow around 3% this year following a 2.2% percent contraction in 2016.

    Merval, the main index of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, rose 1.51% Thursday, closing at 28,494.01 points - close to exceeding the maximum of the year, by 28,500 points. The Argentine stocks were driven by the approval of the pension and tax reforms passed this week in the House of Representatives.