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Montevideo, March 15th 2026 - 12:59 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, April 16th 2016 - 09:44 UTC

    A view of the Falkland Islands by the British Consul in Uruguay

    Katharine Felton next to the Stanley Welcome signpost (Pic FB)

    Katharine Felton writes the highlights of her one week experience in the archipelago. - Last week I visited the Falkland Islands for the first time - to learn more about the Islands and look at how their links with Uruguay, and vice versa, can be strengthened.

  • Saturday, April 16th 2016 - 09:38 UTC

    Rousseff forced to cancel speech to the nation; defense with state resources argued the opposition

    Opposition parties filed legal motions arguing President Rousseff can’t make a public address to mount a personal defense.

    Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff canceled a scheduled address to the nation on Friday night, ahead of a looming impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress. The lower house will vote Sunday on whether Rousseff should be impeached by the Senate for allegedly breaking financial laws.

  • Saturday, April 16th 2016 - 08:45 UTC

    OAS chief meets Rousseff and disagrees with the impeachment process

    Almagro said OAS has made a detailed analysis of the impeachment process against Dilma, and has concluded that it does not fit within the rules of this process.

    Brazilian president President Dilma Rousseff received on Friday in Brasilia the Organization of American States, (OAS), Secretary General Luis Almagro to discuss on the current situation in the country, some regional issues and the role played by OAS.

  • Saturday, April 16th 2016 - 08:06 UTC

    Falklands' Lord Penguin is in town; Mike Summers visits new friends in Montreal

    Lord Penguin visiting friends in Montreal proudly displays his tie inspired in penguins

    Lord Penguin is in town. Actually he's no Lord or penguin, but ”I was after an intriguing headline for the meeting between Mike Summers, member of the Falklands' Legislative Assembly, Malouins in French, who this week is in Montreal to see his friend...the dragon (software programmer) Serge Beauchemin. I hope he forgives me for this fantasy”.

  • Friday, April 15th 2016 - 18:14 UTC

    Rousseff to address the nation Friday evening while Congress debates her impeachment

    Dailies O´Globo and Folha de Sao Paulo reported Rousseff will be on the air at Brazil´s prime time 20:00 when she is expected to defend her government

    President Dilma Rousseff is scheduled to address Brazil on national television Friday evening, the same day that Congress started a three-day debate to decide whether there are enough arguments to begin the impeachment process that could lead to her removal from office. She is charged with manipulating budget accounts that helped her government present balanced accounts for the 2014 presidential elections.

  • Friday, April 15th 2016 - 09:29 UTC

    Roussef asks the Supreme Court for an injunction to suspend impeachment vote

    Attorney general, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, asked the top court for an injunction to suspend Sunday's Lower House vote, arguing flaws in the impeachment process.

    Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff resorted to the Supreme Court on Thursday in a last ditch attempt to avert a critical impeachment vote in Congress that could lead to her removal from office. Rousseff's attorney general, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, asked the top court for an injunction to suspend Sunday's Lower House vote until the full court can rule on what he called procedural flaws in the impeachment process.

  • Friday, April 15th 2016 - 09:19 UTC

    EU parliament approves strict Passenger Name Record for airlines

    “We have adopted an important new tool for fighting terrorists and traffickers”, said Parliament's rapporteur for the proposal, Timothy Kirkhope (UK)

    The European Union Parliament approved on Thursday the directive regulating the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data in the EU for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime. It will oblige airlines to hand national authorities passengers' data for all flights from third countries to the EU and vice versa.

  • Friday, April 15th 2016 - 09:04 UTC

    US regulators reject “too big to fall” banks proposals in case of another major 'blackout'

    FDIC and the Federal Reserve board jointly rejected the banks' plans. If they fail to come up with improved plans they could face “more stringent” requirements.

    US regulators have rejected the plans of five big US banks for closing their operations in the event of a crisis. Banks labeled “too big to fail” must have a so called “living will” that would allow them to close down without the help of public money. Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase, State Street and Wells Fargo have until 1 October to submit improved plans.

  • Friday, April 15th 2016 - 09:00 UTC

    China's economy expanded 6.7% in the first quarter, in line with Beijing growth target

    Investment in industrial assets and infrastructure registered a surprise jump by 10.7% in the three months to March, when compared to the same period last year.

    China's economy grew 6.7% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same time last year, announced the government. It is the slowest quarterly growth in the Chinese economy in seven years, but in line with expectations and China's own growth targets.

  • Friday, April 15th 2016 - 08:47 UTC

    US cautions Caribbean BOTs about whom they give their passports

    Under the CIP Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis and Dominica, foreign nationals are granted citizenship in exchange for a substantial investment

    The United States Government has cautioned Caribbean countries offering a Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) to be extra cautious about who they give their passports to, and ensure that recipients have no terrorist or crime links. It gave the advice, in a statement issued by the US Embassy in Barbados, even as it made it that it was not advising regional countries on whether or not they should offer economic citizenship.