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Montevideo, December 4th 2024 - 19:03 UTC

Tag: Donald Trump

  • Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 09:29 UTC

    Trump becomes US 45th president with support from white working class and rural voters

    CNN reported that Clinton called Trump to concede at about 1:40 a.m.. Trump clinched his stunning victory minutes earlier, after winning Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes

    Donald John Trump has been projected as the winner of the presidential election, according to the Associated Press, after election returns showed that Trump had won stunning come-from-behind victories across a swath of contested states. Trump, 70, will be the 45th president of the United States. A real-estate developer and former reality-TV star,

  • Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 09:02 UTC

    Close friends and loyalists considered for the Trump cabinet

    Rudy Giuliani for attorney general, Newt Gingrich for secretary of state, retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn for defense secretary or national security adviser

    Now that Donald Trump will be moving to the White House next January, speculation about the names being considered for his cabinet have started to emerge. According to sources close to the winning team some of the names included are Rudy Giuliani for attorney general, Newt Gingrich for secretary of state, retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn for defense secretary or national security adviser, Trump finance chairman Steve Mnuchin for Treasury secretary, and Republican National Committee finance chair Lew Eisenberg for commerce secretary.

  • Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 08:32 UTC

    Stock markets sink, Mexican peso plunges as Trump takes early lead

    Trump's victory causes tremblor all over the world

    The U.S. dollar sank and stock markets slammed into reverse in wild trade as investors faced the real possibility of a shock win by Republican Donald Trump that could upend the global political order. Major indexes in Asia fall by more than 2%.

  • Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 08:22 UTC

    Republicans retain control of the US House of Representatives

    The TV networks ABC and NBC both projected a Republican majority in the 435-seat chamber, which the party has controlled since 2010.

    The Republican Party has retained its majority in the US House of Representatives, projections suggest early Wednesday. The TV networks ABC and NBC both projected a Republican majority in the 435-seat chamber, which the party has controlled since 2010.

  • Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

    A Trump victory could mean a brake for the Argentina/US dynamic relation, says Malcorra

    If on Tuesday people vote for a closed xenophobe model, this could generate a domino effect on other countries, pointed out Malcorra

    Under the administration of president Mauricio Macri, the relation between Argentina and the US has “entered a new dynamic phase” and somehow those close links could be affected if the Republican candidate wins on Tuesday, said foreign minister Susana Malcorra.

  • Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 07:04 UTC

    Argentine economists choose Hillary Clinton for president

    Former Argentine Ambassador to Washington DC Jorge Argüello is among those who believe a Clinton win would be better for the economy

    Analysts estimate Clinton would continue the bilateral relationship, while Trump is a mystery that would halt trade and investment worldwide

  • Friday, November 4th 2016 - 11:53 UTC

    Clinton stays ahead in polls, but lead get narrower down by the minute with five days to go

    Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton still ahead but Trump closes in

    Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump, 46%-42% natiowide, with data updated Thursday to include two new national surveys taken after Friday's revelation that the FBI would review new emails to assess The Decmocrate candidate's handling of classified material at the State Department.

  • Friday, November 4th 2016 - 07:14 UTC

    Trump not such an unlikely winner has Mexico drafting alternate plans

    Central Bank governor Agustín Carstens prepares for an “adverse” result in the US election.

    Central Bank governor and finance ministry are in the process of adjusting their economic policy should the Republican candidate be elected. Mexican Central Bank governor Agustín Carstens, notorious for having stated that a victory for Donald Trump would hit his country like a hurricane, admitted Thursday he is readying a contingency plan for an “adverse” election result in the United States' presidential elections.
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  • Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 - 11:30 UTC

    Trump overtakes Clinton for first time since May in ABC poll

    Republican candidate Donald Trump slightly ahead in ABC poll

    The Republican candidate now has a one-point lead in election that is too close to call, according to major survey.Donald Trump has overtaken Hillary Clinton to take a single percentage point lead in a poll by ABC, the first time he has done so since May. Though the result remains within ABC’s margin of error, the broadcaster said the leaders changing places was a noteworthy moment with just a week to go until election day.

  • Monday, October 24th 2016 - 11:08 UTC

    US lawmakers, and Trump, question US$ 85.4bn ATT purchase of Time Warner

    Kaine said lawmakers and regulators would have to review the deal and “get to the bottom” of questions over whether the merger would decrease competition.

    The telecom-media giant that would be formed if United States federal regulators approve AT&T Inc’s US$85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner Inc raises antitrust issues, Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine and several U.S. lawmakers said on Sunday.