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Montevideo, July 12th 2025 - 03:50 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, July 11th 2016 - 05:12 UTC

    Raw sewage and super-bacteria off Rio beaches threaten Olympic water competitions

    City officials blame illegal dumping for the contamination, but a significant portion of Rio’s raw sewage goes untreated before it’s dumped into the ocean.

    A group of Brazilian scientists has just discovered a drug-resistant super-bacteria growing off some of Rio de Janeiro’s beaches, with less than a month to go until the 2016 Olympic Games officially commence, which will be hosted by the city from August 5.

  • Saturday, July 9th 2016 - 09:29 UTC

    Ex Guantanamo Diyab could be in Brazil, but he “is not infringing the law or on the run”

    Diyab is believe to be in the Uruguay-Brazil border twin cities which has a long resident Middle East population

    Jihad Ahmad Diyab, the ex Guantanamo Syrian inmate which was liberated and given refuge in Uruguay, and apparently recently crossed the border to neighboring Brazil “has not infringed any law” and is “not on the run”, according to Christian Mirza who acts as a link between the Uruguayan government and the ex Guantanamo prisoners accepted by Uruguay at the end of 2014.

  • Friday, July 8th 2016 - 09:35 UTC

    Brazil's speaker of the Lower House resigns “to help stabilize the chamber”

    “Only my resignation can help stabilize the chamber,” said Cunha, on the verge of tears and his voice cracking, said at a press conference.

    Brazil suspended speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress resigned from his post on Thursday, saying the move was aimed at bringing stability to that legislative chamber. Eduardo Cunha still retains his seat in the Chamber of Deputies, although he could lose it as part of an internal legislative process.

  • Friday, July 8th 2016 - 06:41 UTC

    US and Argentina are “regional leaders and long time friends”, says Kerry

    Kerry said that the Argentine and US peoples are bound together by common interests and shared values, democracy, human rights and gender equality.

    Secretary of State John Kerry sent best US wishes to the Argentine people on the 200 years of its declaration of independence on July 9, and underlined that both countries “are regional leaders and long time friends”.

  • Friday, July 8th 2016 - 04:56 UTC

    Uruguayan government insists in transferring Mercosur presidency to Venezuela

    A release from Uruguay's foreign ministry, which was not signed by Nin Novoa, reiterates its decision to transfer the Mercosur chair to Venezuela

    Uruguay ratified on Thursday its willingness to transfer the Mercosur presidency to Venezuela despite objections from the other members, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. In a brief statement in its official site, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Uruguay, currently holding the Mercosur pro tempore chair “reiterates its position to proceed to transfer the presidency, in abidance with what is established by the current Mercosur rules”.

  • Friday, July 8th 2016 - 04:53 UTC

    A woman will succeed PM Cameron and lead UK's exit from EU

    May promised “strong, proven leadership” to negotiate UK's EU departure and to “make UK a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us”.

    Two women Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are battling to become the next leader of the British Conservative party and thus prime minister, the first time since the late Margaret Thatcher. After the second MPs ballot on Thursday, Home Secretary May finished with 199 votes, Energy Minister Mrs. Leadsom 84 and Michael Gove, the justice secretary, 46.

  • Thursday, July 7th 2016 - 07:11 UTC

    Federal Reserve extremely cautious on Brexit aftermath and US job market

    ”None of us really knows the magnitude and I doubt there will be a moment when people say Brexit is done. It will be something over time,” Tarullo said

    Federal Reserve policymakers decided in June that interest rate hikes should stay on hold until they have a handle on the consequences of Britain's vote on EU membership, according to the minutes of the Fed's June policy meeting released on Wednesday.

  • Thursday, July 7th 2016 - 06:53 UTC

    Rousseff makes impassionate defense against impeachment attempts in Congress

    “What hurts most at this moment is the injustice,” said Rousseff's statement, read out by her lawyer Eduardo Cardozo.

    Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff rejected attempts to impeach her as an “injustice” in a defense filing Wednesday, as a decision on her political fate moved a step closer. The affair has rocked Brazil as it struggles with a recession and corruption scandals ahead of next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

  • Thursday, July 7th 2016 - 06:46 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez back in court: Judge decides inhibition on her properties

    Judge Bonadio decided an inhibition on Cristina Fernandez properties after she rejected a 15-million Peso embargo on her assets.

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday filed a complaint against the judge who recently opened an investigation into allegations she defrauded the state as part of her government's handling of the dollar futures market. Fernandez, who governed Argentina from 2007 to 2015, filed the complaint against judge Claudio Bonadio after appearing in his court in connection with the case.

  • Thursday, July 7th 2016 - 06:33 UTC

    Germany warns EU members about a tax-cuts race to attract Brexit business

    Schaeuble said “We have no intention to start some sort of race to the bottom”, in response to Osborne's proposal to slash corporation tax to avoid a business exodus

    German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said he opposes a “race to the bottom” of competitive tax cuts. He spoke after George Osborne pledged to cut UK corporation tax in response to the Brexit vote and from Paris, in an attempt to attract UK businesses, the French government promised its taxes will be the most favorable in Europe.