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MercoPress, en Español

Montevideo, April 26th 2025 - 05:10 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, May 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine farmers plan soft protests and continued dialogue

    Eduardo Buzzi president of the Argentine Agrarian Federation.

    Argentine farmers' organizations announced on Thursday the end of the 30 days truce which was agreed to dialogue with the government over taxing and other grievances, and warned they would return to protest in the country's main routes.

  • Friday, May 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    CNN shows Bush as most unpopular US president

    Bush the most unpopular US president according CNN survey

    A new opinion poll from CNN released Thursday shows that 71% of the US public disapproves of President George Bush handling of his job, making him the most unpopular in modern US history.

  • Friday, May 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Chavez nationalizes Argentine foundry, Venezuela's largest

    Sidor, has been “recuperated by the revolutionary government” said Chavez

    President Hugo Chavez ordered the expropriation of Venezuela's largest steel maker after attempts by the government to acquire a majority stake in the Italian-Argentine conglomerate Techint failed.

  • Friday, May 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    More budget and aircrafts promise for Argentine Air Force

    Argentina's Defence Minister Garre

    Argentina's Defence Minister announced on Thursday a budget boost and promised a significant increase in the number of aircraft for the Air Force during the celebration of Malvinas War Fire Baptism Day.

  • Friday, May 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

    Headlines: Concordia Bay is on her way; Anger at squid fee hike; Argentine protest at drilling plans; Co-op in difficulty?

  • Thursday, May 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine farmer grass roots to decide on government deal

    The Argentine government and farmers seem to have reached a deal just hours before the May 2 truce comes to an end. In exchange for liberating the wheat market and reopening the beef export registry, farmers will put the initiative to consideration, together with the extension of the truce, to their respective organizations.

  • Thursday, May 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    European MPs visit Brazil to address beef and bio-fuels

    A delegation of 12 European Members of Parliament are currently in Brazil to assess livestock and beef conditions, and the bio fuels industry. The visit is considered significant because Brazil has only just managed to resume beef exports to the EU after Brussels imposed last February a temporary ban based on sanitary rules.

  • Thursday, May 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands entitled to develop a petroleum industry, says FCO

    The Falkland Islands government is entitled to develop a hydrocarbons industry underlined the United Kingdom after reaffirming its sovereignty over the South Atlantic Islands following a formal protest from Argentina regarding a “new oil exploration licensing round”.

  • Thursday, May 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Bolivia wraps up majority control of oil and telephones

    Pte. Evo Morales ratifies his promised nationalization policy

    Bolivia announced on Thursday, May first, that it had completed the purchase of majority ownership of four energy companies by buying back shares in the firms as part of a nationalization drive started exactly two years ago.

  • Thursday, May 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Lula da Silva praises Brazil's two sided “investment grade”

    Most of the brazileans approve the performance of Lula da Silva

    Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrated the country's newly acquired investment grade condition and magnet for foreign investment. “Brazil is a serious country, with serious policies, which looks after its finances seriously, and that is why we now have achieved the international trust, which Brazil was after for a long time”