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Montevideo, September 2nd 2026 - 19:23 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, July 7th 2015 - 08:06 UTC

    Pope said Mass to 650.000 people and centered the homily on the family theme

    Tens of thousands of people lined the route from the airport, at times rushing police to touch the car and throw flower petals before it.

    Pope Francis said Mass for more than 650.000 Ecuadoreans and hinted he wanted a major Vatican gathering this year to find ways to reach out to Catholics who feel excluded by the Church. On the first full day of a three-nation “homecoming” trip to South America, the Argentine-born pontiff was in Ecuador's second city Guayaquil, a steamy port sometimes referred to as the world's “banana capital,” given its bustling fruit trade.

  • Tuesday, July 7th 2015 - 07:48 UTC

    Caricom supports Guyana in border dispute with Venezuela, but there's also Petro Caribe

    “Caricom stands firmly behind Guyana,” said Stuart. “We don't think there can be any compromise so far as Guyana's territorial borders is concerned.”

    The chairman of a 15-member Caribbean trade bloc said over the weekend that he backs Guyana's government amid an escalating border dispute with neighboring Venezuela. Freundel Stuart spoke at a press conference as Caricom leaders ended a three-day summit in Barbados.

  • Tuesday, July 7th 2015 - 07:40 UTC

    Maduro recalls ambassador in Guyana: “Venezuela in under new forms of assault and aggression”

    “Venezuela is coming under new forms of assault and aggression,” said Maduro. “This is a grave, dangerous situation that we must combat with national unity.”

    President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday that he was recalling Venezuela's ambassador in neighboring Guyana for consultation amid mounting tensions over their disputed border. During an address to parliament, Maduro said that he also is initiating a comprehensive review of relations with much smaller Guyana and reducing the size of Venezuela's embassy there.

  • Tuesday, July 7th 2015 - 07:21 UTC

    Merkel and Hollande tell Greece the door for serious proposals remains open

    In Paris Merkel and Hollande said Athens must move quickly if it wants to secure a cash-for-reform deal with international creditors (Pic AFP)

    France and Germany told Greece to come up with serious proposals in order to restart financial aid talks, raising pressure on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to compromise a day after his country voted overwhelmingly against more austerity

  • Tuesday, July 7th 2015 - 07:11 UTC

    New Greek finance minister, Oxford educated but equally hard line

    Dutch born Tsakalotos, Oxford University-educated economics professor served as international economic affairs minister before taking over from Varoufakis

    New Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos may be less flamboyant than his predecessor Yanis Varoufakis, but his views on his country's debt crisis are no less stridently held. While most commentators appear to agree that Mr Tsakalotos, 55, will be less bombastic than Mr Varoufakis in his dealings with international creditors, some argue that his negotiating stance could even be more hard line.

  • Tuesday, July 7th 2015 - 07:01 UTC

    Greek finance minister ousted because he favored a 'parallel currency'

    “If necessary, we will issue parallel liquidity and California-style IOU's, in an electronic form. We should have done it a week ago,” said Yanis Varoufakis

    Yanis Varoufakis, who was Greece's finance minister until Monday morning, was reportedly pushed from his job after he told a journalist that Greece could introduce a parallel currency in the weeks ahead. Cash is flooding out of Greek banks at the moment, and the government desperately needs money to make payments due later this month.

  • Tuesday, July 7th 2015 - 06:55 UTC

    Brazil's main opposition party ready “to take on whatever the future holds”

    Cardoso emphasized that “whatever the path we have to take is, the PSDB and its allies will have a way”, because “the way under the PT has been lost”.

    Brazil' former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso said on Sunday addressing his party's convention, the main opposition force in the Brazilian congress, that the PSDB was ready 'to clear the country of its problems' and accused leader Lula da Silva and the ruling Workers Party (PT) of bankrupting Brazil.

  • Tuesday, July 7th 2015 - 06:46 UTC

    Brazilian organizations allege there is an attempt to topple President Rousseff

    The statement is also signed by 10 lawmakers from Rousseff's Workers Party, or PT, as well as by dozens of individuals who signed on a personal basis.

    A raft of Brazilian organizations issued a statement on Monday denouncing what they described as the 'right's' attempts to topple President Dilma Rousseff. The statement was signed by 28 groups including the MST Landless Movement and the Catholic Church's Pastoral Land Commission.

  • Tuesday, July 7th 2015 - 06:23 UTC

    'Impeachment' and 'fresh elections' in Brazil's congressional debate

    ”With only one digit of approval, abandoned by the ruling Workers Party and by Lula who now can't stand her, Dilma will be forced to ask for the 'bill'.

    Brazil's leading political commentator and O Globo columnist, Ricardo Noblat is forecasting that president Dilma Rousseff will not conclude her four-year mandate and could very well be out of office by next October.

  • Monday, July 6th 2015 - 08:49 UTC

    Uruguay looking to increase trade and investments with India

    President Tabare Vazquez is planning to visit India next year. Despite potential trade between Uruguay and India is minimal

    Uruguay's president Tabare Vazquez is planning to visit India next year, while foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa is scheduled to attend the India-Latin-American conference next October. The move is seen as an effort by Uruguay to increase its trade opportunities and access new markets, given the current difficulties to forge an agreement with the European Union.