MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Brasília accuses Washington of seeking to interfere in the October elections]]> The deterioration dates back a year, when Washington imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods during Bolsonaro's trial; he was later sentenced to 27 years Brazil's government on Tuesday accused the United States of attempting to interfere in the October 4 presidential election, responding to the revocation of the visa of its ambassador in Washington, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti.

]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:46:00 GMT <![CDATA[PM Burnham hands mayors share of income tax “to make lives better in every postcode”]]> Prime Minister Andy Burnham said: “I said we’d take power out of Westminster and carry it into every postcode in the country. Today, we make good on that promise. The Prime Minister Andy Burnham has launched the biggest transfer of power from Westminster in a generation, giving communities greater control over the decisions that shape jobs, transport, housing and public services in their area.

]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:29:00 GMT <![CDATA[Six million UK household will access the £150 Warm Home Discount; register names in energy bills]]> Six million of British households are set to save £150 on energy bills this winter, as government urges eligible households to check they are named on their bill to get the Warm Home Discount automatically. Every household where the bill payer is on means-tested benefits is in line for the rebate, following the expansion of the scheme last year.

]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Around 140 vessels stranded at Argentine ports after government deregulation decree]]> The disruption particularly affects Greater Rosario, the country's main agricultural export corridor Around 140 vessels were waiting on Monday to enter or leave Argentine ports after maritime pilots stopped accepting new assignments in protest at a decree deregulating their profession. The figures come from industry sources; some reports put the number above 150.

]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:21:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina's central bank reform bill reaches the lower house: what would change]]> The reform is part of a package that includes what the government calls the fiscal shackle Argentina's executive branch sent the bill to overhaul the central bank's charter to the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, a day after President Javier Milei outlined it in a nationwide broadcast. The measure will formally enter the parliamentary record on Monday and be referred to committees; the government hopes to pass it in August.

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:11:00 GMT <![CDATA[Stability alone does not buy a house: Georgieva's message in Montevideo]]> Stability cannot be put in a refrigerator, she said, and a house cannot be bought on stability alone: more growth is genuinely needed International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva praised Uruguay's macroeconomic and institutional strength on Thursday but urged authorities to take greater risks to turn that stability into growth.

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:02:00 GMT <![CDATA[From closing the central bank to reforming it: Milei's shift on monetary authority]]> The core of the bill is a ban on direct and indirect financing of the state by the institution Argentine President Javier Milei presented on Thursday, in a nationwide broadcast, a bill to overhaul the central bank's charter, the statute governing the monetary authority, in an initiative the government considers central to its economic program and which it will send to the Chamber of Deputies in the coming days.

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:05:00 GMT <![CDATA[IMF chief arrives in Montevideo for talks with Orsi and the economic team]]> Georgieva wrote on the social network X that she was pleased to be in Uruguay and keen to learn more about a country that has built a solid record of macroeconomic stability International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva arrived in Montevideo for talks on Thursday with President Yamandú Orsi and the country's senior economic officials, on a visit made at the invitation of the Uruguayan government.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:03:00 GMT <![CDATA[Fed holds rates for fifth straight meeting as three officials push for a hike]]> It was the second meeting chaired by Kevin Warsh, who took over the central bank in May The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in a range of 3.5% to 3.75%, the fifth consecutive meeting without a move, in a decision that exposed an unusual internal split and left the door open to tightening in September.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:24:00 GMT <![CDATA[Brazilian industry estimates nearly half its US exports will face additional tariffs]]> The study, released on Thursday, details that the new 12.5% rate reaches 4,060 Brazilian products Some 48.7% of Brazilian exports bound for the United States will be subject to some form of additional tariff following the entry into force of the new forced-labor levy, according to a study by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), the country's main industrial employers' body.

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