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Montevideo, November 5th 2025 - 16:06 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 01:03 UTC

    Malvinas, a dream that can be rescued

    Dante Caputo was foreign minister between 1983 and 1989 under ex president Raúl Alfonsín

    Under this heading Dante Caputo, a former Argentine foreign minister (1983/89) with an impeccable domestic and international academic background addresses the 'Malvinas question' and proposes Argentina sets a 2033 target for a new attempt on the Islands, this time trying to convince the Falkland Islanders, and that in seventeen years time, the country is reliable and sovereignty discussions should then take place.

  • Wednesday, February 17th 2016 - 11:11 UTC

    Pollack announces a new settlement with Argentine bondholders

    “I am very pleased to report that Argentina has reached an Agreement in Principle to settle the Brecher Class Action” said Special Master Daniel Pollack

    The court-appointed mediator in the bonds dispute says Argentina has reached a settlement with bondholders seeking about 1% of the US$10 billion being pursued by investors. Mediator Daniel Pollack announced on Tuesday in New York the deal in the class action case. The deal came nearly two weeks after he announced two of six leading bondholders settled claims for more than US$1 billion.

  • Wednesday, February 17th 2016 - 11:04 UTC

    Main oil exporters agree to freeze production, ...if all leading producers join

    The quartet said they would freeze output at January levels, which Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi called “adequate.”

    Four of the world's biggest oil-producing nations moved to freeze their production on Tuesday to try to halt the 70 percent drop in the price of crude because of a glut of oil on world markets. The agreement was reached by the oil ministers of Russia and three members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Qatar, during a closed-door meeting in Doha, the Qatar capital.

  • Wednesday, February 17th 2016 - 10:10 UTC

    British Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, visits the Falklands

    Michael Fallon arrvies to Stanley from MPA onboard a SAR Sea King

    Michael Fallon, the British Defence Secretary, has become the first Defence Secretary to visit the Falkland Islands in 14 years. The House of Commons is currently in recess this week and the Defence Secretary’s visit directly follows the visit of four other British MPs to the Falklands.

  • Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 20:41 UTC

    Utterly Committed to Self-Determination; British MPs visit the Falklands.

    The group of MPs were invited to visit by the Falkland Islands Government

    Four British Members of Parliament have been in the Falkland Islands over the past week, whilst the House of Commons is in recess. The cross-party group includes two Labour and two Conservative MPs, with an FIG Representative from London accompanying them.

  • Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 15:16 UTC

    Argentina rejoins the real world

    Regarding the Falkland/Malvinas Malcorra presented a cautiously optimistic view

    UN John J. Metzler(*) Reversing the trend of economic mismanagement, ending a fifteen year debt impasse with foreign lenders, calming a percolating political crisis over the disputed Falkland/Malvinas islands in the South Atlantic, and overcoming the image of unpredictability, Argentina’s new conservative government faces serious obstacles in reintroducing Argentina to an often skeptical world.

  • Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 11:24 UTC

    Brazilian economy prospects worsen, says central bank survey

    GDP figures come from Boletin Focus, a weekly Central Bank survey of analysts from about 100 private financial institutions on the state of the national economy

    Analysts expect Brazil's economy to contract by 3.33% this year, with the outlook worsening from last week, the Central Bank said Monday. Last week, analysts said they expected Brazil's economy to contract by 3.21% this year.

  • Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 07:55 UTC

    President Rousseff with 200.000 troops leads the “Zika Zero” campaign

    Aiming to reach 3 million families soldiers visited homes, parks and shopping malls in 350 cities with instructions on how to prevent accumulation of stagnant water

    More than 200,000 troops fanned out across Brazil over the weekend to raise awareness about the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus, which has been linked to a surge in birth defects.

  • Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 07:43 UTC

    Brazil will hold Olympic Games despite Zika, says president Rousseff

    ”Zika will not compromise the organization of the Games. Certain cities, like Rio de Janeiro, will be given priority (in the fight against the disease)”

    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said that the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro would take place despite the Zika virus, at a time when various athletes have expressed their fears about competing.

  • Monday, February 15th 2016 - 07:30 UTC

    US Supreme Court battle expected to have a deep impact on presidential campaign

    The death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia and his replacement has opened a new battle from between Obama and the Republican majority in congress

    An epic Washington political battle took shape on Sunday after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia as Senate Republicans dug in and said they would refuse to act on any Supreme Court nomination by President Obama. But the White House vowed to select a nominee within weeks.