Tag: Donald Trump

• Monday, March 18th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Bolsonaro in Washington, meets Trump on Tuesday: closer political collaboration and Venezuela in the agenda

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrived in Washington on Sunday to meet with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, and cement a conservative-populist alliance that, in part, aims to ramp up pressure on Venezuela.

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Mexican border wall: Trump “proudly” signs veto to secure emergency funds

  

  Donald Trump signed the first veto of his presidency on Friday, overriding congressional opposition to secure emergency funds to build more walls on the US-Mexico border. Trump declared in the Oval Office that he was “proud” to sign the veto.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

  Sponsored by US, Brazil is to become “a major non-Nato ally”

  

  The United States will strengthen military ties with Brazil to a level usually reserved for NATO allies during President Jair Bolsonaro's visit to Washington next week, boosting growing cooperation between the Americas' two largest militaries, Brazilian government officials said on Thursday.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  US considering banning Visa and Mastercard transactions in Venezuela

  

  The United States is considering imposing financial sanctions that could prohibit Visa, Mastercard and other financial institutions from processing transactions in Venezuela, a senior Trump administration official said on Thursday. The move, which has not been finalized, would represent another step in tightening the financial noose on the government of President Nicolas Maduro and his supporters.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Venezuela orders US diplomats to leave within 72 hours; blames Trump for the “cyber sabotage”

  

  Venezuela ordered American diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours on Tuesday after President Nicolas Maduro accused US counterpart Donald Trump of cyber “sabotage” that plunged the OPEC nation into its worst blackout on record.

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Fourth day of blackout in Venezuela; Maduro blames cyber-attacks

  

  Venezuelans woke up to a fourth day of an unprecedented nationwide blackout on Sunday, leaving residents concerned about the impacts of the lack of electricity on the South American country's health, communications and transport systems.

• Saturday, March 9th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Job creation in the US remains but labor demand is softening

  

  US economy created the lowest number of jobs for a year-and-a-half in February, well below forecasts. Just 20,000 new jobs were created last month against expectations of a 180,000 increase, official figures show.

• Friday, March 8th 2019 - 08:25 UTC

  Trump's campaign manager sentenced to 47 months in prison; next week Manafort faces another conviction

  

  United States president Donald Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison on Thursday for tax crimes and bank fraud. It was the stiffest sentence yet given to an associate of the president in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling - but significantly lighter than many expected for the 69-year-old political consultant. 

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Trump frustrated: US trade deficit soars to a 10-year high

  

  The US trade gap with the rest of the world jumped to a 10-year high of US$ 621bn last year, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump's deficit reduction plan. The trade deficit is the difference between how much goods and services the US imports from other countries and how much it exports.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are the world's wealthiest persons

  

  Jeff Bezos remains the world's richest person, ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, according to the latest Forbes list of the ultra wealthy, while far behind President Donald Trump jumped 51 spots in the ranking.