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Montevideo, February 22nd 2025 - 10:36 UTC

Tag: Justin Trudeau

  • Tuesday, February 4th 2025 - 08:46 UTC

    Tariffs on Canada also postponed after Trump-Trudeau talks

    Trudeau had announced Canada's own 25% tariff on US goods in retaliation

    After agreeing with Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum on a one-month pause for the imposition of 25% tariffs, US President Donald Trump reached an understanding Monday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, provided his northern neighbors acquiesced to a series of demands regarding border security, including higher spending on organized crime and drug trafficking fight, in addition to appointing an official specifically in charge of fentanyl, drug cartels, and terrorists. Under the new deal, Canada also agreed to launch a joint strike force to combat organized crime.

  • Monday, January 6th 2025 - 20:27 UTC

    Trudeau announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Canada

    Trudeau will remain as caretaker Prime Minister until a new Liberal Party leader is appointed

    Justin Trudeau announced Monday his resignation as Prime Minister of Canada after nine years in office. His stepping down would become effective once the Liberal Party finds a new leader “through a competitive and rigorous process at the national level.”

  • Wednesday, January 10th 2024 - 10:28 UTC

    Milei holds talks with German and Canadian heads of gov't

    Milei's conversations with Trudeau and Schoolz were deemed “positive,” according to Casa Rosada sources

    Argentine President Javier Milei Tuesday held successive telephone conversations with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deepen his government's international outreach. Also participating in the conversations was Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino.

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 06:56 UTC

    Power couple in Canada splits

    Mr Trudeau, 51, and Ms Gregoire Trudeau, 48, have been married since 2005 and have three children together.

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau have separated, he announced on Instagram on Tuesday. “Sophie and I would like to share the fact that after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate,” Mr Trudeau said in his post.

  • Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Biden, Trudeau, and AMLO hold “Three Amigos” Summit

    Biden and Trudeau met alone before joining host AMLO to reaffirm their commitment to a strong regional economy

    The Presidents of Mexico and the United States -Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Joseph Biden- and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tuesday got together in Mexico City for the so-called “Three Amigos” Summit, a traditional gathering last held in 2021.

  • Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

    China/Canada incident in Bali: Xi “reprimands” PM Justin Trudeau

    The video capturing the encounter shows Xi and Trudeau in close proximity in what appears to be the G20 venue.

    An ill tempered Chinese President Xi Jinping reprimanded on Wednesday Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau allegedly over media leaks of the two leaders' meeting, during an encounter on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia.

  • Friday, September 9th 2022 - 08:16 UTC

    Putin telegram to King Charles III, “I wish you courage and perseverance in the face of this heavy, irreparable loss”

    “The most important events in the recent history of the United Kingdom are inextricably linked with the name of Her Majesty”

    Russian president Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences after the death of the Queen at the age of 96. Despite the tensions over the war in Ukraine, Mr Putin reached out to King Charles III in a telegram.

  • Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

    Trudeau to remain Canadian PM until 2025

    The government can now function with predictability and stability, Trudeau said

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has brokered a deal with opposition leaders to stay in office until 2025, it was announced Tuesday in Ottawa.

  • Monday, March 7th 2022 - 20:07 UTC

    Canadian PM meets Queen Elizabeth face to face post COVID-19

    Trudeau was in London to discuss the Ukraine crisis with Johnson and Rutte, but the Queen made room for a meeting with a Prime Minister of one of her Commonwealth realms

    Queen Elizabeth II Monday met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in what was her first face-to-face encounter with anyone outside her innermost circle after recovering from COVID-19. Trudeau was on a trip to the UK for talks on the war in Ukraine with his British and Dutch colleagues, Boris Johnson and Mark Rutte, respectively.

  • Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:10 UTC

    “Freedom Convoy” fully dispersed from Canadian capital

    Ottawa police will “make sure that nobody returns to occupy our streets again,” Bell said

    Law enforcement officers have completely cleared the streets of Canada's capital city of Ottawa after arresting nearly 200 protesters belonging to the so-called “Freedom Convoy” of truckers, which opposed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's COVID-19 vaccination mandates and other sanitary restrictions.

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