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MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, August 18th 2026 - 15:16 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, April 4th 2014 - 03:05 UTC

    US Falklands' policy 'disappointing' but, one of many issues of US/UK special relationship

    The report also emphasizes the 'spirit of realism' from British PM David Cameron foreign policy

    The United States failure to recognize the right of the Falkland Islands to national self-determination is “disappointing”, reads a British House of Commons inquiry into the health of the so-called special relationship between the UK and the US. The report was released a day after the 32nd anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the South Atlantic islands (2 April 1982) and highlights London's frustration on the issue.

  • Friday, April 4th 2014 - 02:41 UTC

    “Falklands nuclear missiles turned out to be penguins”

    King Penguins ('nuclear missiles') in a beach near their rookery

    Falkland Islanders replied with a picture of King penguins to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez claims that the Falklands had become NATO's largest base in the South Atlantic and was equipped with missiles that could reach any of the region's countries, and also had “nuclear weapons”.

  • Friday, April 4th 2014 - 02:15 UTC

    Queen and Pope talked of the “shared roots of Christian faith”, says Vatican radio

    The Queen apologizes for arriving late. Previously the couple had lunch with Italian president Napolitano

    The head of the Anglican Church Queen Elizabeth II met Pope Francis on Thursday for the first time during a one-day visit to the Italian capital, Rome. The meeting in the Vatican was described as a private one and pomp and protocol were kept to a minimum. Earlier, the Queen and Prince Philip had lunch with the Italian President, Giorgio Napolitano, and his wife Clio at the Quirinal Palace.

  • Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:36 UTC

    Queen Elizabeth II meets the Pope at private audience in the Vatican

    The Queen welcomed John Paul II in 1982

    Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will meet with Pope Francis at a private audience in the Vatican on Thursday afternoon. The Queen, who’ll be accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will also have a private encounter with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano during the one day visit to Rome.

  • Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:32 UTC

    Former president Menem back on trial for the controversial sale of Palermo show land

    Apparently the Palermo greens sale authorized by Menem was four times below the market price in 1991

    Former Argentine president Carlos Menem and his former economy minister Domingo Cavallo were both formally indicted for embezzlement over the sale of the Rural Society property in the Buenos Aires high income Palermo neighborhood in 1991 at a price the court yesterday described as “vile.”

  • Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:25 UTC

    Argentina's YPF sells one billion dollars in 10-year bonds at 8.75% rate

    YPF desperately needs fresh funds to turn the country again into self sufficient in oil and gas

    Argentina’s nationalized oil and gas producer, YPF, sold 1 billion dollars in a bond sale on Tuesday, the company said in a statement. The 10-year bonds will pay 8.75% interest and were five times oversubscribed, YPF said. The U.S. dollar-denominated securities were issued under Argentine law and was considered a great success by the company.

  • Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:16 UTC

    Controversy in Argentina over a spate of street lynching of suspected criminals

    “They are not neighbors, we are dealing with murderers,” Sergio Berni

    Argentina's security secretary said on Wednesday that those who take justice into their own hands are “murderers,” referring to recent cases of lynching of suspected criminals, and which has caused a serious controversy among politicians and members of the Judiciary branch.

  • Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:03 UTC

    Maduro takes his case to a New York Times column: “a call for peace”

    “Some of those who supported ousting Venezuela’s democratically elected government in 2002 are leading the protests today”

    Venezuela: A Call for Peace - By Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela - The recent protests in Venezuela have made international headlines. Much of the foreign media coverage has distorted the reality of my country and the facts surrounding the events.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 22:22 UTC

    'Malvinas Islands'/'Gaucho Rivero' 50-Peso bill to honor Argentine fallen soldiers

    The Argentine bill which currently has a value equivalent to approximately 5 US dollars

    As part of the commemorations of the “Day of the Veterans and Fallen in the Falklands War”, or the 32nd anniversary of the start of the South Atlantic conflict with the UK, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez unveiled a new 50-Peso bill that will carry a map of the Malvinas Islands and is to be soon issued.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 21:25 UTC

    Cristina Fernández blasts UK and NATO on Malvinas invasion anniversary

    The Argentine president during her 30 minute speech at Malvinas Hall next to her full cabinet

    Argentine President Cristina Fernández on the 32nd anniversary of the Malvinas Islands invasion by Argentine forces which triggered war (and defeat) with the UK, questioned the British government for not abiding by UN resolutions calling for Falklands sovereignty talks and suggested UK should be less involved in wars and more in looking after its own people.