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Montevideo, December 26th 2025 - 17:33 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, May 8th 2014 - 04:57 UTC

    Repsol sells YPF stake for 1.25bn dollars to Morgan Stanley; keeps 0.5% share

    A 'strategic' decision said Repsol that recently settled the seizure of YPF with the Argentine government

    Spain's Repsol oil and gas company says it has sold an 11.86% stake it owned in Argentina's YPF energy company to Morgan Stanley for 900 million Euros (1.25 billion dollars), effectively leaving it without a stake in a company it once controlled.

  • Thursday, May 8th 2014 - 04:50 UTC

    “The open veins of Latin America” is a boring undocumented book, admits his author

    Eduardo (Hughes) Galeano made the public admission at the Brasilia book show

    Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano said in an interview published on the Argentine newspaper Perfil.com that he considers his 1971 book “The Open Veins of Latin America”, by far his best-known work, to be so bad he will no longer read from it during public appearances.

  • Thursday, May 8th 2014 - 04:44 UTC

    “Long hands” mayor apologizes for clutching a reporter's thigh

    Mayor Fernandez with his 'long hand' on the television reporter's thigh

    Bolivia's 'long hands' mayor apologized for this latest temptation caught while clutching the thigh of a television reporter sitting next to him during an official ceremony. Percy Fernandez, 75, is the elected mayor of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia largest city and apparently has a 'long hands' and 'forcibly kissing” record.

  • Thursday, May 8th 2014 - 04:38 UTC

    Colombian May 25 presidential candidates suffer severe credibility blows

    Polls show Santos still ahead, but before the Rendón and Zuluaga's incidents

    Just three weeks before Colombia’s presidential election begins, President Juan Manuel Santos’ re-election campaign has been hit by yet another blow. His chief campaign strategist J.J. Rendón resigned on Monday night amid controversial allegations that he took 12 million dollars from some of Colombia’s top drug lords in exchange for helping to negotiate their surrender with positive terms.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 23:26 UTC

    UK MPs hosted at the Argentine embassy in London with a typical barbecue

    Ambassador Castro with the MPs delegation that last year visited Argentina

    The Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alicia Castro, underlined “the importance of dialogue and the historical and cultural ties that link Argentina with Wales” when she hosted this week a traditional Argentine barbecue at the Ambassador´s residence in London for a delegation of British parliamentarians who visited Argentina in March.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 23:07 UTC

    Falkland Islands and Crimea the new cold war

    Dr. Ivanov says Cristina has chosen to acclaim President Putin’s action in Crimea, hoping in return support the Argentine Falklands' claim.

    In an article for Penguin News, distinguished political and scientific Bulgarian author Dr Lyubomir Ivanov (*) discusses the Crimean conflict and its parallel with the Falklands.The Argentine President Cristina Kirchner praised the recent Crimean status referendum as, “one of the famous referendums of self-determination.”

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 07:22 UTC

    Dilma pledges economic growth with contained inflation following negative stats

    Growing fears that demonstrators could turn out to the streets to protest massive expenditure on the World Cup

    Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said in a statement that her government ensures sustained economic growth, with contained inflation. The announcement followed market estimates saying that Brazil's GDP expansion this year would be down to 1.63%, below official and private recent estimates above 2%.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 07:16 UTC

    “Manaos less riskier than Iraq” Brazilian Sports minister tells English media

    Minister Rebelo was ironical about UK's participation in recent wars in the Middle and Far East

    Brazil's Sports minister Aldo Rebelo minimized the possibility of violence during the coming World Cup and replied to the British media that the Amazon city of Manaos, where England will be playing a match, will not be riskier that war zones.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 07:11 UTC

    Sao Paulo offers 22.000 dollars rewards to whoever turns in data on criminals

    Squatters have moved to an abandoned piece of land four kilometers away from the Corinthians Arena

    With just over a month left for the 2014 World Cup kick off in Brazil, the governor of the state of Sao Paulo launched the Regional Reward program which will pay 55.000 Reales (approximately 22.000 dollars) to anyone providing useful information to help to solve crimes and track perpetrators.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

    Falklands and the 'darker side' of fishing: crewmen trying to 'jump ship'

    Fisheries head Barton said all vessels arriving to collect licenses undergo an inspection, which checks essential life saving appliances

    Fishing vessels licensed in the Falkland Islands all undergo safety inspections, Director of Natural Resources John Barton confirmed this week, when talking to Penguin News about standards applied to fishing vessels and the working conditions of the crew. He also assured that if a fisherman reports mistreatment an investigation will follow.