United States

Sunday, March 15th 2015 - 01:10 UTC
US ambassador in Argentina received by cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez

Argentina’s Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernández received United States ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet in his Casa Rosada office. Apparently the meeting was strictly protocol, and no details of the agenda were supplies to the media.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 13:06 UTC
Santander and Deutsche banks fail a US Fed Reserve “stress test”

Spain's Santander and Deutsche Bank have failed a US “stress test” designed to assess whether lenders can withstand another financial crisis. The review, carried out by the Federal Reserve, gauges whether the biggest banks operating in the US have the “ability to lend to households and businesses even in times of stress”.
Friday, March 13th 2015 - 10:51 UTC
New York Times warns Obama's strategy towards Venezuela could be failing

In an editorial piece, “A failing relationship with Venezuela”, The New York Times expressed doubts about the latest measures imposed by the Obama administration on seven top officials from the Venezuelan government and goes even further questioning whether they will not end actually reinforcing President Nicolas Maduro position.
Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 06:54 UTC
Unasur to hold a presidential summit on the Venezuela/US confrontation

Unasur (Union of South American Nations) presidents will meet next week to respond to the “grotesque and illegal” meddling of the United States in Venezuelan affairs announced Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa.
Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 06:39 UTC
Maduro asks the Assembly for expanded powers to fight 'imperialism'

President Nicolas Maduro responded to new U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan officials by asking legislators Tuesday to give him expanded powers in the name of fighting imperialism. Government critics called it a power grab.
Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 08:07 UTC
US confirms sanctions against seven top officials from Maduro's regime

United States President Obama on Monday issued a new Executive Order (E.O.) declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela.
Saturday, March 7th 2015 - 08:29 UTC
US economy keeps creating jobs, while unemployment drops to 5.5%

US economy added 295,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.5% from 5.7%, according to Labor Department figures. It was the 12th month running that the economy added more than 200,000 jobs, the longest such run since 1994.
Saturday, March 7th 2015 - 07:27 UTC
Ambassador Mamet impressed by Argentina and “profoundly optimistic” about relations with US

US ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet expressed his “profound optimism” about ties between Washington and Buenos Aires, saying he has been left “impressed” by the people he has had the opportunity to meet here so far.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2015 - 23:08 UTC
The entire Great Lakes almost completely covered with ice

The entire Great Lakes, shared by Canada and the United States is at 88.8% ice coverage, with the highest totals coming from Lake Huron and Lake Erie at about 96% ice coverage according to Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2015 - 06:46 UTC
Maduro gives US two weeks to cut size of Caracas embassy staff to 17

Venezuela's government has given the U.S. two weeks to slash the size of its embassy staff in Caracas to 17 diplomats as tensions between the two nations rise. Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez made the announcement Monday after a meeting with the top American diplomat in Caracas. She said it is up to the U.S. to decide which of an estimated 100 diplomats it wishes to send home.