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Montevideo, April 22nd 2026 - 20:28 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, March 16th 2018 - 10:18 UTC

    Macri announces debt relief for farmers struggling with drought

    Macri said the central bank will soon publish a resolution delaying maturities on farm loans to prevent producers from falling into arrears

    Argentine President Mauricio Macri said the government would provide some debt relief to farmers struggling through what he described as the country’s worst drought in 40 years, which has resulted in dramatic cuts to soybean and corn crop outlooks.

  • Friday, March 16th 2018 - 10:06 UTC

    Hammond and Johnson will be visiting Argentina

    Hammond (R) will be participating in the G20 finance ministers meeting next week and Boris Johnson (L) will be in Buenos Aires in May.

    British Chancellor Philip Hammond and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson are scheduled to visit Argentina as part of the G20 ministerial round of meetings in coming weeks, announced UK ambassador Mark Kent following talks on Thursday with foreign minister Jorge Faurie.

  • Friday, March 16th 2018 - 09:41 UTC

    Argentina preparing its first offshore licensing round in the South Atlantic

    Round One will be launched in June or July for 240,000 sq km in three zones of the continental shelf, Aranguren said

    Argentina plans to launch its first offshore licensing round in almost three decades this year, as it seeks to widen exploration for longer-term production growth, Energy Minister Juan Jose Aranguren said on Thursday.Round One will be launched in June or July for 240,000 sq km in three zones of the continental shelf, Aranguren said on the sidelines of The Economist's Argentina Summit in Buenos Aires.

  • Friday, March 16th 2018 - 09:36 UTC

    Rio's military intervention questioned following the killing of a popular councilor and activist

    Marielle Franco was slain on Wednesday night while returning from an event focused on empowering young black women.

    Crying, chanting and screaming in anger, thousands gathered in front of the Rio de Janeiro state legislature on Thursday to say goodbye to a black city councilwoman shot in the head four times, a brazen murder that shocked Brazil and raised questions about the effectiveness of a military intervention in the country's second biggest city.

  • Friday, March 16th 2018 - 03:11 UTC

    Falklands plans fishing talks with Argentina after more than a decade

    Barton: “Dialogue with Argentina on the conservation of shared marine resources has the potential to allow for better management of shared fish stocks”

    Exchanges of information between the Falkland Islands and Argentina about fish and squid stocks could begin again before the middle of this year, if all parties are in agreement. Director of Natural Resources John Barton said: “Dialogue with Argentina on the conservation of shared marine resources has the potential to allow for better management of shared fish stocks and improve sustainability of such stocks.”

  • Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:29 UTC

    Falkland Islands updating the Electoral Register

    Falkland Islanders like to vote and turnout is very significant

    The Falkland Islands Registration Officer is carrying out a yearly canvass with the purpose of updating the Electoral Register. Accordingly this Thursday, 15 March, all households in the Islands should receive a form V “request for information from householders” in the post.

  • Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:25 UTC

    Key aide of Temer indicted on corruption charges for illegal funding from Odebrecht

    Senator Romero Juca, one of the major architects of the Temer administration’s reform agenda is being charged for illegal campaign funding

    A key aide of Brazil’s President Michel Temer has been indicted on charges of corruption and money-laundering. Senator Romero Juca, one of the major architects of the Temer administration’s reform agenda and an advocate for central bank independence, is being charged with soliciting illegal campaign funding of construction company Odebrecht in return for political favors.

  • Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

    Temer insists with a vote in Congress on pensions' reform next October

    In February, Temer decided the federal intervention of Rio de Janeiro state giving the army control over police, fire departments and the prison system in the region.

    Brazilian President Michel Temer said that he could lift the federal military intervention in Rio de Janeiro state by October to allow for a pension reform vote in Congress.

  • Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

    Brazil Electoral Court confirms transparency in election opinion polls

    TSE's president, justice Luiz Fux, stated that the change introduced brought legal uncertainty, which goes against the court's purpose of creating clear rules

    The Brazilian Superior Electoral Court (TSE) revoked changes introduced to a resolution on election polls. The changes had been criticized by research institutes and associations which believed they could be interpreted as restrictions to the press.

  • Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 16:28 UTC

    Nerve-gas poisoning: UK announces expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats

    Former spy Mr Skripal, 66, and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, 33, remain critically ill in hospital. Detective Sgt Nick Bailey also fell ill responding to the incident

    The UK will expel 23 Russian diplomats after Moscow refused to explain how a Russian-made nerve agent was used on a former spy in Salisbury, the PM says. Theresa May said the diplomats, who have a week to leave, were identified as “undeclared intelligence officers”. She also revoked an invitation to Russia's foreign minister, and said the Royal Family would not attend the Fifa World Cup later this year.