Get our news on your inbox! x

Remember me Forgot password

MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, August 29th 2026 - 17:20 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 08:19 UTC

    City of London delegation heads to Brussels for a financial services deal: fears of losing passporting rights

    The group will be led by former City minister Mark Hoban as banks fear the fallout from Brexit negotiations if access to EU markets is curtailed.

    Business leaders from the City of London are to send a delegation to Brussels with a proposal for a post-Brexit free trade deal for financial services, it is reported. According to the Financial Times, the group will be led by former City minister Mark Hoban as banks fear the fallout from Brexit negotiations if access to EU markets is curtailed.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 08:11 UTC

    Argentine destroyer damaged as she leaves for international exercise

    The ARA La Argentina incident happened when the destroyer was involved in normal operations to abandon the port.

    Destroyer “La Argentina” was damaged when it rammed its bow against a jetty at the Punta Alta naval base while attempting to make it to the high seas. She is scheduled to join an international naval exercise in the Pacific and bring several helicopters on her return trip from Peru.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 07:43 UTC

    Macri expects to talk Falklands with PM May at the G20 summit in Hamburg

    Macri and PM May met last September at a UN event in New York for world leaders hosted by then ex Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

    Argentine president Mauricio Macri is scheduled to meet in Hamburg with British Prime Minister Theresa May to reinforce cooperation and joint efforts but with the “difference” resulting from the dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands remaining on the table, according to government sources in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 07:30 UTC

    Britain's growth prospects downgraded because of “newly created uncertainty”

    The 2018 forecast reflects ”newly created political uncertainty”, lower business investment because of Brexit and weaker consumer spending.

    Economists have downgraded Britain’s growth prospects in the wake of political uncertainty following the general election and as a prolonged Brexit drag on business investment looms. New forecasts by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) show that the UK economy will grow by just 1.3% in 2017, a substantial downward revision from an earlier forecast of 1.7%.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 07:18 UTC

    Hammond tells business leaders that jobs and prosperity are first priorities of Brexit negotiations

    Hammond said the UK government had to “focus relentlessly” on the key components of a free trade deal and customs agreement that “minimizes friction”

    Brexit is not a dominant issue for European Union countries, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond acknowledged as he called for jobs and prosperity to be the first priority in the negotiations. The Chancellor told business leaders that the UK had to remember that Brexit was “just one among many challenges” facing the other EU members.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 01:15 UTC

    Macri tries to calm down Argentines as US dollar goes up

    Macri also said that fluctuations in the exchange rate are part of the ”supply and demand flows.

    Argentine President Mauricio Macri Tuesday said Argentines should “not worry about the dollar,” as the US currency rose 13 cents, closing at AR$ 17.18. It will “benefit regional economies and job creation,” he added during a radio interview.

  • Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:40 UTC

    MUD to hold plebiscite against Maduro's Constituent Assembly plans

    ”That Zero Hour is activated, we call on all the people to decide which way is that of the nation,2 Borges said

    Venezuela's opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) announced Monday it will hold a public consultation regarding Nicolás Maduro's intention to reform the constitution by calling for an election to choose the constituent assembly.

  • Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:34 UTC

    Buenos Aires-Mar del Plata train runs again

    “It is no longer a promise - we have delivered,” said Governor Vidal.

    After two years out of service, Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata, which are 400 kilometres apart, are since Monday again linked by a train service that needs almost seven hours to reach its final destination. Buenos Aires provincial Governor María Eugenia Vidal said “It is no longer a promise - we have delivered.”

  • Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:25 UTC

    Former Temer aide arrested for obstructing corruption investigation

    Vieira Lima is investigated in Operation Cui Bono for allowing the release of cash in exchange for bribes

    Geddel Vieira Lima, a former Secretary of Government of President Michel Temer's, was placed under preventive arrest on Monday over a loan that state-owned bank Caixa Econômica Federal handed over to meat, finance and real estate firms between 2011 and 2013, it was announced.

  • Monday, July 3rd 2017 - 22:06 UTC

    Chile: Polling stations open for Sunday’s primary elections

    Deputy Felipe Kast,Senator Manuel José Ossandon and former Pte. Sebastian Piñera

    More than 14 million Chileans are eligible to vote Sunday to choose in primary elections who will be the official candidates for the presidential elections of November 19 for two political alliances: Let”s Go Chile and Broad Front. Three politicians are running for the ticket of the right wing Let’s Go Chile, former president (2010-2014) Sebastian Piñera, the favorite; Deputy Felipe Kast, and Senator Manuel José Ossandon.