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Montevideo, February 13th 2026 - 18:28 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, April 25th 2014 - 05:41 UTC

    Mantega confident that this year the 'the villain factor' in inflation is contained

    The Brazilian minister blamed less rain for food prices but trusted sugar cane ethanol will help with fuel

    Ever-optimistic Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said a recent rise in consumer prices was expected, ('there's always a villain factor pushing inflation')' anticipating that in May/June the index will be lower. Mantega also denied local news reports that the government was seeking a change in the index methodology as a way to eliminate the impact of volatile food prices.

  • Friday, April 25th 2014 - 05:36 UTC

    Latin America's fast growing decade is coming to an end, anticipates IMF report

    The key risk is a sharper decline in commodity prices caused by weaker demand

    The IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere, released on Thursday in Lima, Peru, projects regional growth of 2½ percent in 2014, down from 2¾ percent in 2013. Weak investment and subdued demand for the region’s exports held back activity in 2013, as did increasingly binding supply bottlenecks in a number of economies. For 2015, the IMF projects a modest pickup, to 3%.

  • Friday, April 25th 2014 - 01:09 UTC

    Falkland Islanders travelling on air-bridge April 16 and 18 will be refunded

    Passengers from the air bridge to Brize Norton boarding at MPA

    Falkland Islanders that travelled on the South Atlantic air-bridge (Brize Norton-MPA and MPA-Brize Norton) on 16 and 18 April will be refunded since a non civilian-registered aircraft was involved, but will have to pay a £150 booking fee in order to support the government's policy of subsidizing air-bridge fares.

  • Thursday, April 24th 2014 - 08:11 UTC

    Argentine and China reaffirm close trade and political links

    Minister Wang Yi with President Cristina Fernadez at the Casa Rosada

    Argentine President Cristina Fernández received on Wednesday China’s Foreign Ministry Wang Yi and signed several trade agreements, including aerospace infrastructure at the Government House, Buenos Aires City. During the meeting, the president was accompanied by Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof, Federal Planning Minister Carlos Julio De Vido and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman, with whom Wang Yi had a previous meeting.

  • Thursday, April 24th 2014 - 07:59 UTC

    China making inroads into Brazilian trade with Argentina, says CNI

    “We are losing our market in Latin America. Our competitiveness is being constantly called into question”, complains Carlos Abijaodi

    Argentina's economic situation has hit Brazil harder than its other commercial partners, as China has been making inroads into Brazilian trade with Argentina. Chinese exports to Argentina have more than tripled in the last ten years, according to a study carried out by Brazil's National Confederation of Industry, (CNI).

  • Thursday, April 24th 2014 - 07:35 UTC

    Argentine government cancels releases on poverty and indigence

    Under government stats poverty in Argentina comprises 4.7% of the population but for the Catholic university, 25%

    Argentina's Statistics and Census Institute (Indec) postponed the release of figures from the so-called House Poll, which includes strategic information regarding poverty and indigence rates, officials from that entity confirmed on Wednesday afternoon.

  • Thursday, April 24th 2014 - 07:28 UTC

    Turkey offers condolences to grandchildren of Armenians killed by the Ottoman army

    PM Tayyip Erdogan act was described as 'historic', but insufficient by Armenian communities worldwide

    Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan offered what the government said were unprecedented condolences on Wednesday to the grandchildren of Armenians killed in World War One by Ottoman soldiers.

  • Thursday, April 24th 2014 - 07:10 UTC

    Paraguay moving closer to Pacific Alliance; expects invitation for summit in Mexico

    Deputy minister Gonzalez will be travelling to Colombia and Mexico to continue discussions for full membership of the Alliance

    A top Paraguayan official will be travelling to Colombia to establish 'closer links' with the Pacific Alliance and advance with the country's full membership request. Paraguay currently with observer status is also waiting for the official invitation to participate in the Pacific Alliance summit scheduled for 22 June in Mexico.

  • Thursday, April 24th 2014 - 07:05 UTC

    Argentine broad front opens possibility of runoff dispute in 2015 presidential election

    Binner, Scioli, Massa, Cobos, Macri , one of them will possibly replace Cristina Fernandez when she steps down in December 2015

    Political analyst Rosendo Fraga believes that with the integration this week of the Broad Front, Argentina in the 2015 presidential elections in the hypothetical case of a runoff, would experience a dispute not between two Peronists options, as opinion polls have indicated to far, but with a non Peronist alternative.

  • Thursday, April 24th 2014 - 02:25 UTC

    Brazil sets the path for the future of a free, open and transparent internet

    President Rousseff at the opening of the NETMundial conference in Sao Paulo

    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said at the Wednesday opening of a gathering in Sao Paulo that no country can have “more weight than another” in governing cyberspace. Delegations from more than 85 countries are attending the NETMundial international conference which during two days will debate Internet issues and try to reach an agreement on a new oversight model.