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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 12:35 UTC

Tag: Nikki Haley

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 08:52 UTC

    Haley drops bid, clears way for Trump to seek a rematch with Biden

    “God will be with you wherever you go,” Haley told her followers upon announcing she was stepping down from the presidential race

    Former US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley Wednesday announced she was dropping her presidential bid, thus clearing the way for Donald Trump to run on behalf of the Republican Party. Many states are still to hold their primaries with Trump and incumbent President Joseph seeking to secure enough delegates to clinch their party nominations for the November ballot.

  • Monday, February 12th 2024 - 09:35 UTC

    Trump wins New Hampshire primary: What are his odds of victory?

    Nikki Haley in the all-important New Hampshire primary. What does this victory mean for his chances of success in the upcoming election?

    A year or two ago, Donald Trump's political rivals were celebrating his demise and even looking forward to the day when the former president would be behind bars. With several legal cases still pending against him, Trump chose to ignore and alarm his critics as he secured the New Hampshire nomination in late January.

  • Monday, January 22nd 2024 - 10:06 UTC

    DeSantis drops White House bid, Trump virtually assured of Republican candidacy

    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts,” DeSantis said

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Sunday he was dropping his bid to the White House, which would virtually guarantee former President Donald Trump to win the Republican primaries. DeSantis also announced he would be supporting the former head of state's return to power. However, Trump still needs to beat his former Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley to secure his nomination.

  • Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    US: Nikki Haley joins Republican Party presidential race

    “I’ve never lost an election, and I’m not going to start now,” Haley vowed

    Former South Carolina Governor and US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley Tuesday announced she will be running in the Republican Party's primaries for the Presidency of the United States in 2024.

  • Monday, September 24th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

    Iran blames US for terrorist attack; “look at the mirror” replies ambassador Nikki Haley

    At least 12 of the dead served in the Revolutionary Guard, an elite paramilitary unit - and among the other victims was a four-year-old boy

    The US ambassador to the United Nations has dismissed Iran's assertion that Washington and its Gulf allies are to blame for a deadly attack at a military parade and says Tehran should look closer to home. Before leaving for the United Nations on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused other countries, including the US, of provoking the attack killed 25 people and wounded 60 on Saturday.

  • Friday, September 7th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

    United States describes Nicaragua's civil unrest a threat to the region's security

    “When human rights are denied, the violence and instability that follow spill over borders,” US ambassador Nikki Haley said, comparing Nicaragua to Venezuela

    United States declared Nicaragua’s civil unrest a threat to the region’s security, saying government repression of protests risked creating an overwhelming displacement of people akin to Venezuela or Syria. More than 300 people have been killed and 2,000 injured in crackdowns by Nicaraguan police and armed groups in protests that began in April over an abortive plan by leftist President Daniel Ortega’s government to reduce welfare benefits.