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Montevideo, December 20th 2025 - 12:27 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, January 25th 2016 - 07:28 UTC

    Corbyn favors Falklands' 'power-sharing' deal with Argentina, says ex ambassador Castro

    Ms Castro said that Mr Corbyn “shares our concerns”, adding: “In short, he is one of ”ours“.” She described the Labor leader as “humorous” and “a good listener”.

    United Kingdom's leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn is in favor of making a power-sharing deal with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, according to an Argentine diplomat. Outgoing Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro says that the Labour leader is “one of ours” and that he told her he supports a British-Argentine power-sharing deal in the vein of Northern Ireland.

  • Saturday, January 23rd 2016 - 09:01 UTC

    Rousseff eyeing foreign reserves to boost economy and cash strapped government

    In an interview with the online news service UOL, Rousseff said she was neither for nor against using Brazil's international reserves, which total about $370 billion.

    President Dilma Rousseff said on Friday that her cash-strapped government could consider tapping into Brazil's sizeable foreign reserves at a given moment, an idea that troubles investors already worried about the country's economic decline.

  • Saturday, January 23rd 2016 - 08:51 UTC

    Macri's support in his first two months in office soars to 65%

    Macri had a popularity rating of 64% in one poll by the Poliarquia consultancy published on Friday and 67% in the latest survey from pollster Isonomia.

    Argentine President Mauricio Macri's popularity is at about 65% two months after he narrowly won office and carried out a raft of fiscal and financial measures, including a controlled currency devaluation as part of his plan to revive Latin America's third largest economy, two polls showed.

  • Saturday, January 23rd 2016 - 08:18 UTC

    One fifth of youngsters don’t study or work but still may have a chance

    Even during Latam's strong economic performance, the number of youth who don’t work or study did not drop, with a substantial growth in male ninis.

    By Jorge Familiar (*) - One out of every five Latin Americans between the ages of 15 and 24 wakes up every morning with no school to attend or paid job to do. Bogged down by economic constraints, early pregnancy, violence or low expectations, they are the so-called “ninis” — ni estudia, ni trabaja (neither studying nor working) — and they are more than 20 million strong.

  • Saturday, January 23rd 2016 - 08:01 UTC

    Macri and Obama could meet at the end of March, reestablishing formal bilateral dialogue

    While in Davos, Macri had a long conversation with US vice-president Joe Biden as part of the new bilateral atmosphere.

    Mauricio Macri expects to meet with Barack Obama at the end of next March when the Argentine president attends in Washington the summit on Nuclear Security of which Argentina is a member. The event takes place between 31 March and first April, and if the meeting effectively takes place, it would mean the return of the formal dialogue between the two countries, rather frozen under his predecessor Cristina Fernandez.

  • Saturday, January 23rd 2016 - 07:48 UTC

    Argentina wants to recover the space it deserves in the world, said Malcorra

    “Argentina is in a plan to insert herself in the space that she deserves in the world”, Malcorra affirmed.

    Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra was also very busy while in Davos, holding a raft of meetings including with US Secretary John Kerry, who at the end of talks twitted, “great discussion on range of topics w FM @SusanaMalcorra. #Argentina remains important friend & partner in region”.

  • Saturday, January 23rd 2016 - 04:41 UTC

    France confirms Hollande visit to Argentina, Uruguay and Peru next month

    Macri and French PM Valls talked in Spanish and cordial. Valls confirmed President Hollande would be visiting Argentina in February

    President François Hollande will be visiting Argentina next month, the country’s prime minister, Manuel Valls, confirmed to President Mauricio Macri in Davos, where the two leaders discussed the remaining details of the trip that will include stops in Uruguay, Peru and Argentina.

  • Saturday, January 23rd 2016 - 04:35 UTC

    IMF chief Lagarde will stand for a second term

    Lagarde's term in office expires on 5 July and the process to find a successor opened on Wednesday.

    The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has confirmed she will stand for a second term. Ms Lagarde threw her hat into the ring during an appearance on French television.

  • Friday, January 22nd 2016 - 09:46 UTC

    As locals in Punta del Este, “we enjoy a dignified and happy life”

    “We are happy, we can live in Punta del Este, we have a good time, we surf, work and bask in beaches”, argues Punta del Este elected mayor Andrés Jafif

    London's The Guardian in an article credited to Oliver Balch argues that Punta del Este, Uruguay's main international summer resort has become a 'golden ghetto' for the rich where the poor can't afford staples or lodging. However Mayor Andrés Jafif openly disagrees with the reporting and argues that ”we might be poor (by European standards) but we are happy, we can live in Punta del Este, we have a good time, we surf, work and bask in beaches”.

  • Friday, January 22nd 2016 - 09:35 UTC

    Uber wins the bitter battle against London's black taxi trade

    The London mayor said he had rejected what he described as “neanderthal” and “ludicrous” calls from London taxi drivers to crack down on the company.

    Uber have emerged victorious in their bitterly fought battle against London's black taxi trade. London mayor Boris Johnson threw out a series of proposals which would have heavily restricted the minicab booking app. The London mayor said he had rejected what he described as “neanderthal” and “ludicrous” calls from London taxi drivers to crack down on the company.