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Montevideo, December 21st 2025 - 06:57 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 10:58 UTC

    UK a most unequal country; 10% of population own over half of the wealth

    634,000 Britons were worth 20 times as much as the poorest 13 million. Oxfam has urged PM May to help close the gap between the “haves” and the “have-nots”.

    The richest 1% of the UK population owns more than 20 times the wealth of the poorest fifth, according to Oxfam. That made Britain one of the most unequal countries in the developed world and contributed to the vote for Brexit, the charity said.

  • Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 10:44 UTC

    First OAS Electoral Observation Mission to the US next November 8

    Laura Chinchilla, the first woman president of Costa Rica, held office from 2010 to 2014. In 2015 she headed the OAS mission to Mexican federal elections.

    The former president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, will head the first Electoral Observation Mission that the OAS will deploy to the United States and that will observe the upcoming November 8 elections.

  • Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 10:28 UTC

    Controversy in Westminster over the surface fleet and the Type 26 frigates

    Defense Secretary Fallon told MPs he would not sign the contract until “absolutely persuaded that it is in the best interests and value for money for the taxpayer”.

    British MP Julian Lewis, who chairs the Commons defense committee, claimed contractors BAE Systems were ready to start work on the multi-billion pound Ministry of Defense's new Type 26 frigates, known as global combat ships. The project has already been cut from 13 to eight new ships, while a target to start cutting steel in May has been delayed indefinitely.

  • Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 09:55 UTC

    “If beef is not included”, there won't be no Mercosur-EU trade agreement, warns Uruguay

    Nin Novoa said that among the goods to be negotiates is beef, which is one of the main products because, “if it does not include beef, there won't be any agreement”

    “If beef is not included, there won't be any agreement”, said Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa in anticipation of next week's meeting of European Union and Mercosur coordinators to adjust the list of goods and services the two blocks will formally exchange in mid October, the first formal meeting of its kind in fourteen years.

  • Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 09:42 UTC

    Brazilian congress expels lawmaker who engineered Rousseff's impeachment

    Cunha's downfall has many politicians worried: he has threatened to bring down others by revealing cases of corruption that could endanger Temer's government

    Two weeks after the removal of Dilma Rousseff as Brazil's president, the lower house of Congress on Monday expelled the lawmaker who engineered her impeachment for lying about secret bank accounts in Switzerland. The once powerful former speaker Eduardo Cunha, who has been charged with corruption by the Supreme Court, was banned from politics for eight years and faces arrest now he has lost his congressional prerogatives.

  • Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 07:08 UTC

    Ex PM Cameron “after a long and hard thought” resigns as a Member of Parliament

    Cameron opposed the so-called “Brexit,” and campaigned for Britain to remain in the E.U. He informed Prime Minister May of his decision Monday afternoon.

    Former British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Monday that he is stepping down as a member of Parliament, just months after leaving 10 Downing Street. Cameron, a member of the Conservative Party, stepped down as prime minister in July after the United Kingdom voted in a June referendum to leave the European Union, saying the country needed new leadership.

  • Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 06:55 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez to court on public works contracts between 2007 and 2015

    Last June Cristina Fernandez's former public works secretary, Jose Lopez, was caught trying to stash millions of dollars in a Catholic convent

    Argentina's ex-president, Cristina Fernandez, has been subpoenaed to testify next 20 October as part of an investigation into the awarding of public works contracts during her 2007-2015 administration, according to court papers filed on Monday. She denies wrongdoing and corruption claims, and accuses Argentina's current leader, Mauricio Macri, of using the courts to persecute her.

  • Monday, September 12th 2016 - 10:38 UTC

    Chile marked the 43 anniversary of the military coup headed by Pinochet that ousted Allende

    Chileans marked the 43 anniversary of the coup which ousted elected President Allende and began the 17-year dictatorship of Pinochet on 11 September 1973.

    Remembering a painful past, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet said on Sunday the truth must be told and justice be served for thousands of victims of the country’s dictatorship. She made the statement as Chileans marked the 43 anniversary of the coup which ousted democratically-elected President Salvador Allende and began the 17-year-long dictatorship of General Pinochet on September 11, 1973.

  • Monday, September 12th 2016 - 10:19 UTC

    Guyana working to establish an onshore oil and gas facility to boost the incipient industry

    Guyana said that as industry continues to evolve, “early plans must be put in place to harness synergies and benefits that will arise” said minister Raphael Trotman

    The Guyana government intends to establish an onshore oil and gas facility in the country as it seeks to fully optimize opportunities in petroleum exploration and production. The Ministry of Natural Resources, working in conjunction with the Ministries of Public Infrastructure and Business, says it believes that this facility is critical and said it is part of the raft of measures intended to ensure that Guyana keeps on the right trajectory in the development of the oil and gas industry.

  • Monday, September 12th 2016 - 07:35 UTC

    “President Macri is a normal person, has a normal head and common sense”

    With this change of mentality, “all things from the Kirchners' time abnormality are being knocked out” indicated Melconian, head of the Banco Nacion

    “The president we have now is normal, he has common sense and he wants to make the country normal and sooner than later, we'll be there; he has a normal world in his head”, said Carlos Melconian, head of Argentina's Bank of the Nation in reference to president Mauricio Macri, during a conference in Montevideo where he was invited to talk about “Argentina, the new rules of the game and their impact for Uruguay”,