Tag: United States

• Monday, January 25th 2016 - 08:54 UTC

  “Snowzilla” froze the East Coast of the US and left at least 29 dead

  

  Millions of people across the eastern US are clearing up after the weekend's massive snowstorm that virtually paralysed the region. They have been digging out their cars and clearing pathways of snow which reached 91cm in five states.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2016 - 08:01 UTC

  Macri and Obama could meet at the end of March, reestablishing formal bilateral dialogue

  

  Mauricio Macri expects to meet with Barack Obama at the end of next March when the Argentine president attends in Washington the summit on Nuclear Security of which Argentina is a member. The event takes place between 31 March and first April, and if the meeting effectively takes place, it would mean the return of the formal dialogue between the two countries, rather frozen under his predecessor Cristina Fernandez.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2016 - 07:48 UTC

  Argentina wants to recover the space it deserves in the world, said Malcorra

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra was also very busy while in Davos, holding a raft of meetings including with US Secretary John Kerry, who at the end of talks twitted, “great discussion on range of topics w FM @SusanaMalcorra. #Argentina remains important friend & partner in region”.

• Friday, January 22nd 2016 - 04:15 UTC

  US announced support for Argentina at multilateral development banks

  

  The United States is ending its policy of opposing most lending to Argentina from multilateral development banks, the US Treasury Department announced. US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew informed Argentine Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay of the move on Thursday when the two met in Davos, Switzerland, the department said in a statement.

• Saturday, January 16th 2016 - 10:00 UTC

  US Dept of Agriculture studying Brazil's success as an agricultural powerhouse

  

  Over the last 25 years, the US farmer has become increasingly aware of the impact of South American agricultural output on the global supply of grains and oilseeds. For example, in recent years Brazil has risen to the number one position as an exporter of soybeans.

• Friday, January 15th 2016 - 12:13 UTC

  US Treasury and Homeland after identification of high end real estate deals in cash

  

  The United States is hunting down international criminals who launder money through real estate deals, with the Treasury Department ordering title insurance companies to report the identities of people paying cash for high-end properties in Miami and Manhattan.

• Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 07:46 UTC

  Venezuela's First Lady claims her two 'narco-nephews' were kidnapped by DEA

  

  Venezuela's first lady on Tuesday broke her silence on the arrest of her two nephews on drug trafficking charges, saying they were kidnapped by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.Cilia Flores, who serves in congress, told Venezuelan weekly Tal Cual that the U.S. was seeking revenge and trying to force the socialists from power in Venezuela.

• Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 05:24 UTC

  Obama's last State of the Union full of optimism strongly criticizing Trump with out mentioning him

  

  United States President Barack Obama promised that his final State of the Union address on Tuesday night would be something very different from the six that had preceded it. And, he made good on that promise, - abandoning the traditional list of policy proposals to instead make an extended case against the vision being offered by 2016 Republican front-runner Donald Trump.

• Monday, January 11th 2016 - 13:29 UTC

  Guns are our shared responsibility

  

  By Barack Obama - The epidemic of gun violence in our country is a crisis. Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people. Every year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns. Suicides.

• Saturday, January 9th 2016 - 07:47 UTC

  A robust US economy keeps adding jobs: 284.000 a month in the fourth quarter

  

  United States jobs growth remained solid in December as the economy added 292,000 jobs, beating expectations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics data also showed the jobless rate held at its seven-and-a-half year low of 5%.