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Montevideo, November 10th 2025 - 23:32 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:48 UTC

    Irish Prime minister Kenny reminds Trump that St Patrick was an immigrant

    “It’s fitting that we gather here each year to celebrate St. Patrick and his legacy,” Kenny said, standing next to Trump. “He, too, of course, was an immigrant.”

    Irish prime minister Enda Kenny made his annual visit to the White House on St. Patrick's Day, saying during his remarks that the celebration stems from an immigrant. “It’s fitting that we gather here each year to celebrate St. Patrick and his legacy,” Kenny said, while standing next to President Trump. “He, too, of course, was an immigrant.”

  • Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:38 UTC

    Trump refuses to shake hands with Merkel after meeting in the White House

    Though Trump greeted her with a handshake at the White House on Friday, Trump seemingly ignored photographers’ request to the two to shake hands.

    A video showing US president Donald Trump refusing to shake hands with German chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint appearance in the White House is making rounds on the internet, reminding everyone that the US president will never learn.

  • Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:26 UTC

    Argentina authorizes a low cost airline to fly Falklands/Comodoro Rivadavia

    The American Jet fifteen-year concession must begin operations “in the next 180 days” following attainment of the Air Service Provider Certificate.

    The Argentine Ministry of Transport awarded American Jet authorization for an air link between Comodoro Rivadavia, in Patagonia and the Falkland Islands, according to Resolution 136-E/2017 published in the Official Gazette and signed by minister Guillermo Dietrich.

  • Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:09 UTC

    UK hosts this week Argentine biggest business delegation in 20 years

    Sersale di Cerisano said that currently bilateral trade stands at US$ 1.3 billion, but he is confident that this can be significantly increased

    Finance minister Nicolas Dujovne will be heading this week the largest Argentine business delegation to visit the UK in twenty years, jointly organized by the Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce with support from the Argentine foreign ministry and the embassy in London.

  • Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 09:52 UTC

    Falklands' Law compliance needed for any Islands' major assets change of ownership

    “The Government of the Falkland Islands has noted with interest, Dolphin Fund’s communication with FIH shareholders on March 14” said the FIG release.

    The Falkland Islands government, FIG, stated on Friday that any proposal change of ownership affecting assets held in the Islands will be scrutinized for compliance with Falklands law. The statement follows the Argentine Dolphin Fund's announcement to the London Stock Exchange, earlier this week, of its interest in taking over the private company Falkland Islands Holdings, FIH.

  • Friday, March 17th 2017 - 22:02 UTC

    Trade and protectionism in the G20 Brazil/US ministerial agenda

    “Brazil actually has experience of closing down its economy,” Meirelles said. Productivity came down and the bottom line was less growth, more inflation.

    Brazil's finance minister has said that he is ready to listen to the U.S. policies on trade at this weekend's G-20 meeting but speaks from experience when he says he believes a free economy is better for everyone. “Brazil actually has experience of closing down its economy,” Henrique Meirelles said on Thursday.

  • Friday, March 17th 2017 - 21:55 UTC

    Unemployment in Argentina falls to 7.6%: less people looking for jobs

    Macri revamped the stats agency which was widely viewed as manipulating economic data under the populist rule of ex president Cristina Fernandez.

    Argentina's unemployment rate fell to 7.6% in the fourth quarter of 2016, the government's Indec statistics agency said in a report on Thursday, down from 8.5% in the third quarter as thousands of people stopped looking for work.

  • Friday, March 17th 2017 - 07:52 UTC

    Falklands' lawmakers reject Argentine “sovereignty document” scam

    MLA Short said that the ”the gentleman himself has never, to my knowledge, approached the Falkland Islands Government directly about the document.”

    An Argentine antique dealer who offered to sell a copy of an old document that he claimed would destroy the Argentine historical case for sovereignty over the Falklands, has been turned down. According to this week's Penguin News edition, the Secretary of the group Asociación Civil de Amigos Malvinas/Falklands (ACAMF) Gabriel Di Bernardo made contact with the Islands in October last year.

  • Friday, March 17th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

    Macri administration faces unions' first general strike scheduled for April 6

    CGT has staged protests in recent weeks, but April 6 would be the first general strike in Argentina since Macri took office in December 2015

    Argentina's largest union announced a one-day general strike on April 6, increasing pressure on President Mauricio Macri's conservative government six months before mid-term congressional elections. The CGT says Macri's policies, including austerity measures like reducing subsidies on fuel and electricity, are resulting in lower real salaries and lost jobs.

  • Friday, March 17th 2017 - 07:15 UTC

    Bank of England cautiously leaves interest rates at the record low of 0.25%

    Carney has emphasized his rate-setting board's willingness to ignore a certain level of above-target inflation prompted by the sharp plunge in sterling of around 18%

    The Bank of England (BOE) held interest rates at the record low level of 0.25% and maintained asset purchases at £435 billion on Thursday. The decision, which was made by an 8-1 majority, had been almost unanimously anticipated by central bank watchers with many expecting the BOE to choose caution until more clarity emerges on the Brexit process and the U.K. economy's capacity to manage outside of the European Union.