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Montevideo, August 31st 2026 - 18:23 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, April 27th 2016 - 07:32 UTC

    Only five of the Brazilian Senate 21-member committee declared support for Rousseff

    Although the temporary removal of Rousseff is taken for granted, a survey by Folha de São Paulo shows that there is still not enough votes in the Senate

    Brazil’s Senate chose the 21 members of a commission that will recommend whether or not to move forward with impeachment proceedings against embattled President Dilma Rousseff. As was expected, the Senate picked a committee stacked with supporters of impeachment that will report back on whether to put Rousseff on trial. Only five of the committee’s 21 members have declared their support for the populist president.

  • Wednesday, April 27th 2016 - 07:23 UTC

    Brazilians want fresh elections; only 8% support a government headed by Temer

    Just over 60% of respondents said that scenario would be the best way out of the crisis, although no such solution is stipulated under Brazil’s Constitution.

    A poll released on Monday showed Brazilians overwhelmingly favored the hypothetical resignation of both President Dilma Rousseff and her vice-president Michel Temer, followed by new presidential elections. Just over 60% of respondents said that scenario would be the best way out of the crisis, although no such solution is stipulated under Brazil’s Constitution.

  • Wednesday, April 27th 2016 - 05:32 UTC

    Russian ban on EU food imports turns European farmers' fury against Mercosur accord

    “The situation is not sustainable,” said Copa president Martin Merrild. “Measures agreed by the EU to improve the situation have had little effect.”

    Brussels must do more to help producers ride out the slump in agricultural commodity prices, European farm leaders have warned. Immediate solutions were needed to tackle the “unprecedented” crisis that had hit agricultural markets, said European farm umbrella organization Copa-Cogeca.

  • Tuesday, April 26th 2016 - 09:11 UTC

    Brazil's main opposition party divided on support to a possible Temer government

    PSDB will support a government led by Michel Temer from the aisles of Congress if Rousseff is unseated, but the party is split over whether to join his cabinet.

    Brazil's largest opposition party is divided over how strongly to back a new interim government if it succeeds in having President Dilma Rousseff stripped of office, as it eyes a run at the presidency in 2018, senior members said on Monday.

  • Tuesday, April 26th 2016 - 09:02 UTC

    Lula warns that if Rousseff's impeachment advances, PT will resist in the streets

    The initiative seeking Rousseff's removal “is headed by corrupt politicians who are not accommodating themselves to the result at the polls,” Lula said.

    Former President Lula da Silva attacked on Monday the “gang” of lawmakers who “have implanted an agenda of chaos” in Brazil by pushing to impeach and remove incumbent head of state Dilma Rousseff. Lula participated in Sao Paulo in a seminar with representatives of leftist parties, including Italy's former Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema.

  • Tuesday, April 26th 2016 - 08:49 UTC

    Gibraltar has 135 tax information exchange accords with 80 countries

    Ambassador Manley highlights OECD includes Gibraltar in its list of jurisdictions that have substantially adopted international tax standards

    The British Ambassador to Madrid has defended Gibraltar against attempts by the Spanish Foreign Minister to portray Gibraltar as a tax haven. In a letter published in El País Simon Manley says Jose Manuel García-Margallo is mistaken in his view, pointing out that Gibraltar has taken important steps to ensure that its tax system is open and fair.

  • Tuesday, April 26th 2016 - 08:28 UTC

    Brexit impact on Falklands could be ''catastrophic” for the economy and might encourage Argentina

    “The provisions of the Treaty of Rome, and its successor Treaties, provides HMG/FIG with considerable certainty and support from EU Member States”

    If Britain finally leaves the European Union it might encourage Argentina to be more aggressive, according to Sukey Cameron, Falkland Islands government representative in London interviewed by The Telegraph political correspondent Ben Riley-Smith.

  • Tuesday, April 26th 2016 - 08:04 UTC

    Falklands renews VMS capability contract for tracking over 150 vessels

    The South Atlantic is famous for the most hostile waters in the world, yet it has some of the richest fishing grounds to be found anywhere.

    Big OceanData has been awarded a contract to provide the Government of the Falkland Islands with its vessel monitoring system (VMS) capability for another five years. For the first time the system will include AIS data, which will be integrated with existing Inmarsat tracking data from the fishing vessels.

  • Monday, April 25th 2016 - 21:16 UTC

    Germany celebrates 500th anniversary of beer “purity law”

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the guests praising the brewers' ingenuity in combining the four ingredients to create countless kinds of beer.

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the “world renown” of German beer in Ingolstadt, at a celebration marking the 500th anniversary of the beer purity law. The age-old rule has remained a staple of beer production. Hundreds of brewers from Germany and other European countries attended the celebration in Bavaria on Friday, with servers and guards in traditional costumes.

  • Monday, April 25th 2016 - 21:07 UTC

    Germans thirst for beer dwindling; health consciousness prevailing

    Beer consumption is dwindling falling by an alarming rate of about 30% over the last 25 years as younger Germans have increasingly turned away

    For 500 years Germany’s famous Beer Purity Law has been protecting the country’s beer drinkers from contaminants, chemicals and any other additives that unsavory merchants might have thought of adding. But the law, or Reinheitsgebot, which marked its 500th anniversary last Friday, has been unable to protect the country’s 1,350 brewers and the proud industry from a modern plague: health consciousness.