News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that three defendants were arrested in Buenos Aires, Argentina yesterday. These defendants are wanted in the United States to face charges in the Eastern District of Wisconsin for operating numerous illegal online pharmacies...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Oriental Republic of Uruguay is a constitutional republic with a democratically elected president and a bicameral legislature. In 2014 in a free and fair runoff election, Tabare Vazquez won a five-year presidential term, and his Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition won a majority in parliament. Legislative elections were also held in 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Mar.13, 2019)-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to a letter from Michael Cohen’s attorney explaining that Mr. Cohen’s testimony regarding pardon discussions “could have been clearer regarding the time frames" and was intended to refer to the time period after he decided to leave the Trump Joint Defense Agreement...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Turkey is a constitutional republic with an executive presidential system and a 600-seat legislature. The unicameral parliament (the Grand National Assembly) exercises legislative authority. The most recent presidential and parliamentary elections took place on June 24; Organization for Security and...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Greece is a constitutional republic and multiparty parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral parliament, which approves a government headed by a prime minister. In 2015 the country held parliamentary elections that observers considered free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Mexico is a multiparty federal republic with an elected president and bicameral legislature. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement won the presidential election on July 1 in generally free and fair multiparty elections and took office on December 1. Citizens also elected members of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, governors, state legislators, and mayors.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Republic of Serbia is a constitutional, multiparty, parliamentary democracy. The country held extraordinary parliamentary elections in 2016 and presidential elections in 2017. International observers stated that the elections were mostly free, but that campaigning during both periods benefited progovernment...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Republic of Burundi is a constitutional, multiparty republic with an elected government. The 2018 constitution, promulgated in June following a May referendum, provides for an executive branch that reports to the president, a bicameral parliament, and an independent judiciary. In 2015 voters re-elected...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Barbados is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. In the May national elections, voters elected Prime Minister Mia Mottley of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP). Observers considered the vote generally free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Keith D. Cook, age 38, of Greer, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. United States District Judge Donald C. Coggins, of Spartanburg, sentenced Cook to 10 years in federal prison and ordered that he serve 20 years under court-ordered supervision after his prison sentence is complete.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Cuba is an authoritarian state led by Miguel Diaz-Canel, president of the Council of State and Council of Ministers, with former president Raul Castro serving as the first secretary of the Communist Party (CP). Cuba has a one-party system in which the constitution recognizes the CP as the only legal...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Malawi is a multiparty democracy. Constitutional power is shared between the president and the 193 National Assembly members. International observers characterized the 2014 elections for president, parliament, and local councils as free, transparent, and credible.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Azerbaijani constitution provides for a republic with a presidential form of government. Legislative authority is vested in the Milli Mejlis (National Assembly). The presidency is the predominant branch of government, exceeding the judiciary and legislature. The election observation mission of the ...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Burkina Faso is a constitutional republic led by an elected president. In 2015 the country held peaceful and orderly presidential and legislative elections, marking a major milestone in a transition to democracy. President Roch Mark Christian Kabore won with 53 percent of the popular vote, and his party-the People’s Movement for Progress-won 55 seats in the 127-seat National Assembly. National and international observers characterized the elections as free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Bangladesh’s constitution provides for a parliamentary form of government, but in fact, most power resides in the Office of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League party won a third consecutive five-year term in an improbably lopsided December parliamentary election that...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in reaction to data from the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) on the benefits of the pass-through deduction in the Republican tax law...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Andrew Tingling, 39, of Elmira, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin; possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl; being...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Nauru is a constitutional republic. International observers deemed the 2016 parliamentary election to be free and fair. Parliament re-elected President Baron Waqa, who was also a member of parliament.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: The Kingdom of Belgium is a parliamentary democracy with a limited constitutional monarchy. The country is a federal state with several levels of government: national; regional (Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels); language community (Flemish, French, and German); provincial; and local. The Federal Council ...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic. In July the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the most National Assembly seats in the general elections, and in August PTI’s Imran Khan became prime minister. While independent observers noted technical improvements in the Election Commission of Pakistan’s...
