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Montevideo, October 29th 2025 - 22:45 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, May 25th 2016 - 08:52 UTC

    Paris police raids Google's offices as part of a tax fraud investigation

    About 100 tax fraud police, with 25 computer experts, swooped on Google's offices at 5.00am to investigate charges of aggravated tax fraud and money-laundering.

    Paris police raided the headquarters of Google in France on Tuesday as part of an investigation into tax fraud that has been running since 2011. About 100 tax fraud police, including 25 computer experts, swooped on Google's offices at 5.00am to investigate charges of aggravated tax fraud and money-laundering.

  • Wednesday, May 25th 2016 - 08:46 UTC

    Argentina's April inflation 6.7%, according to the Congress Index

    “The utility rates increase explain more than two thirds of the month's inflation”, said the release

    Argentina's April inflation climbed to a record 6.7%, and 19.4% in the first four months of the year, according to the latest Congress Index, announced on Tuesday. Public utility rates were blamed for two thirds of the April increase, the highest for a month since 2002.

  • Wednesday, May 25th 2016 - 08:35 UTC

    Argentine government agrees a 400% cap on natural gas hikes for Patagonia provinces

    “We decided that no Patagonian resident will pay hikes above 400%” Interior Minister Rogelio Frigerio said.

    The Argentine government has announced a cap on hikes to natural gas prices for the country’s southernmost provinces, after pushback from governors, the Judiciary and even local demonstrators prompted Energy Minister Juan Jose Aranguren to reconsider the scope of his most recent reforms.

  • Wednesday, May 25th 2016 - 06:50 UTC

    Macri's administration admits the Catholic church criticism of Argentina's 'labor market fragility'

    “We’re worried about the fragility of the labor market and the situation of many workers who are in precarious jobs”, said Monsignor Jorge Lozano

    Leaders from Argentina's ruling “Let‘s Change” (Cambiemos) administration acknowledged on Tuesday that the country is “going through the worst time” yet since president Mauricio Macri took office but also underlined all the measures that have been taken over the last few months to overcome the situation.

  • Wednesday, May 25th 2016 - 06:18 UTC

    Venezuela next Mercosur chair, but Uruguay will continue leading negotiations with EU

    President Nicolas Maduro is accused of impeding a recall referendum which has the support of two thirds of Venezuelans, according to the latest opinion polls.

    Venezuela, in the midst of a most serious domestic political and economic situation, and with less foreign allies is scheduled to take the chair of Mercosur as of next June for the following six months. However it has been agreed that Uruguay will continue leading Mercosur negotiations with the European Union for a much delayed wide ranging cooperation and trade agreement.

  • Wednesday, May 25th 2016 - 05:58 UTC

    Temer announces tough austerity measures but needs to show Congress supports him

    Temer said the government would get an early repayment of about US$28 billion from Brazil's state-run investment bank BNDES

    Brazil's interim president announced austerity measures on Tuesday aimed at pulling Latin America's largest economy from its worst crisis in decades, warning that a failure to act would sentence future generations to “extraordinary hardship.” Speaking with government leaders in a national televised meeting, interim president Michel Temer, 75, also banged his hand on the table while insisting he was up to the job.

  • Tuesday, May 24th 2016 - 08:52 UTC

    St Helena celebrates the new airport on her 514th discovery anniversary

    Governor Lisa Phillips: The underlying question is will change bring with it progress?

    2016 St Helena’s Day celebrations were this year held on Friday 20 May 2016, and were reckoned by all to be a great success. Once again organized by New Horizons and held in lower Jamestown, traditional activities and stalls were arranged in both the Mule Yard and along the Seafront area.

  • Tuesday, May 24th 2016 - 08:30 UTC

    US tire maker leaves Venezuela after six decades in the country

    Bridgestone says the sale will have no financial impact because it already has written off its investments in the crisis-wracked country.

    United States tire maker Bridgestone is selling its business in Venezuela after six decades in the country, the latest blue chip company to abandon the country as a result of runaway inflation and strict currency controls. Bridgestone Americas said in a statement Monday that it is selling its Venezuela assets to Grupo Corimon, a local industrialist. It says the company will be called Alice Neumaticos de Venezuela.

  • Tuesday, May 24th 2016 - 08:18 UTC

    Brazil and Argentina to work together to help find a solution to Venezuela

    “We're on alert when it comes to Venezuela. Brazil and Argentina have an interest that includes mediation,” Brazilian Foreign Minister Jose Serra said

    Brazil and Argentina will work together to help find a solution to Venezuela's political crisis, Brazil's acting foreign minister said on Monday. Venezuela is facing a severe economic crisis, with the world's highest inflation and shortages. Polls indicate most Venezuelans want President Nicolas Maduro out of office.

  • Tuesday, May 24th 2016 - 08:05 UTC

    Macri's Argentina and Temer's Brazil seal close political and working relationship

    Jose Serra, Brazil's new foreign minister shakes hands with Susana Malcorra at the San Martin Palace

    Argentina and the new interim government of Brazil sealed this Monday their close relationship when foreign minister Jose Serra in a brief visit to Buenos Aires, his first overseas trip, met privately with President Mauricio Macri. . Earlier in the day the Brazilian official signed a memorandum of understanding for a bilateral mechanism of political coordination with his peer Susana Malcorra.