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Montevideo, July 2nd 2026 - 04:07 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 08:57 UTC

    Falklands Chamber of Commerce demands improved telecommunications

    A clear strategy with SURE by 2019 detailing how it will remove all data limits and introduce a ‘fair usage policy’ to broadband services

    The Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce ended 2016 by reiterating that the provision of modern telecommunications was absolutely crucial for the development of Falklands “business community, economy and society as a whole.”

  • Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 08:42 UTC

    Obama's legacy, a robust jobs market with wage growth accelerating

    Over the last year of Barack Obama's presidency, job growth reached 2.2 million, down from 2.7 million in 2015.

    US businesses added 156,000 jobs in December in the last release of key economic data before Donald Trump is sworn in as US president. The number of jobs created fell from an upwardly revised 204,000 in November and came in below market expectations of 175,000 new roles. The jobless rate edged up last month to 4.7% from 4.6%.

  • Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 07:35 UTC

    Half the Argentine labor force make a monthly average of US$ 565, says Indec

    According to the survey 10% of the poorest Argentine households concentrate 1.9% of the overall national income while the 10% at the other end, 29.1%.

    Half the Argentine labor force employed was making at the end of the third quarter a monthly average of 9.000 Pesos, equivalent approximately to US$ 565, while the poorest 10% averaged 2.500 Pesos (approx US$ 165) and the richest 10%, anywhere from 20.000 to 250.000 Pesos (US$ 1.250 to 15.000) a month, according the revamped Argentine stats and census office, Indec.

  • Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 07:14 UTC

    Uruguayan bureaucrats good at cooking inflation numbers

    “UTE Prize”, a good instrument used every December, since 2012, to ensure annual inflation remains at a single digit

    Last December, the CPI actually contracted 0.55%, something similar to what happened twelve months before helped by a significant decrease in the power rate, estimated at 19.65% and which benefitted over a million clients. The logo of the end of the year bonus campaign is “Ute Prize” (UTE is the Uruguayan power company which works under a government monopoly regime).

  • Friday, January 6th 2017 - 12:02 UTC

    Haiti election results confirm Jovenel Moise as next president

    The Provisional Electoral Council confirmed the results: Jovenel Moise, P.H.T.K., 55.60%; Jude Celestin, LAPEH, 19.57%; Jean-Charles Moise, 11.04%

    The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) in Haiti welcomed the announcement of the final results of the presidential election held on November 20, 2016.

  • Friday, January 6th 2017 - 11:34 UTC

    Falklands' identification of Argentine soldiers will be done in strict confidentiality

    The overall cost of the PPH is estimated between 1.1 and 1.4 Swiss Francs (almost equal in US dollars), which is expected to cover all expenses

    The Argentine media has published details of the Red Cross humanitarian mission in the Falkland Islands to identify the remains of the 123 unknown Argentine soldiers buried at the Darwin cemetery, and a single word stands out, confidentiality, from the beginning to end, including a final assessment to decide what will effectively be released to the media.

  • Friday, January 6th 2017 - 10:30 UTC

    Hake ban in the shared Argentina/Uruguay River Plate and outer zone

    The hake total allowable catch in the zone during 2017 was established at 50.000 tons

    Uruguay and Argentina have imposed a hake catch ban in the shared fishing zone of the River Plate until the end of March, and also established a full twelve month catch of 50.000 tons.

  • Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 10:29 UTC

    China/UK first train freight service: cuts by half the time of the sea link

    The route will “revolutionize the way freight is moved from China” said Mike White, director of its U.K.-based arm, Brunel Shipping.

    China launched its first freight service to the United Kingdom on New Year's day, according to the China Railway Corporation. The service runs from the Chinese city of Yiwu, in the country's eastern Zhejiang province, to Barking in London. The journey lasts for an average of 18 days and more than 12,000 kilometers, according to a Chinese government website.

  • Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 10:19 UTC

    The Queen recovering and back at the helm, say palace sources

    The 90-year-old monarch fell ill before Xmas, delayed her trip to Sandringham by a day then took the very rare decision not to attend festive season church services.

    Britain's Queen Elizabeth has given an honor to a member of her staff in a private ceremony, resuming official duties as she continued to recover from a heavy cold that forced her to miss Christmas and New Year church services, a spokeswoman said.

  • Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 10:06 UTC

    PM May names veteran diplomat as envoy to EU: overcomes mini Brexit turmoil

    Tim Barrow, political director at the Foreign Office, will take up the post next week following the abrupt departure of Ivan Rogers

    Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a senior career diplomat as envoy to the European Union on Wednesday to replace an ambassador who quit with a scathing resignation letter that exposed frustration among officials over her strategy. . Tim Barrow, political director at the Foreign Office, will take up the post next week following the abrupt departure of Ivan Rogers, who told staff in his resignation letter they should “speak the truth to those in power”.