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Re: Free Gaduridos Press

Postby FPC » Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:08 pm

"Banana Cults" on the rise

For several months now so called "Banana Cults" have been increasing in Marlingtos, the large island off the Gadurian mainland. These gangs are boycotting the island's largest export, banana's. For years the Ananab Corporation has owned 98% of the island's bananas and has exploited the islands natural resources and farmers. The farmers are paid extremely little and the corporation does nothing to compensate the community, which is now gripped by poverty and famine. The "Banana Cults" have begun seizing shipments of banana's heading to the coast and redistributing them around the island, as well as dropping them out of planes onto Ananab buildings around Gaduridos and throwing them at politicians who support the Ananab monopoly on bananas.

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Jonathan Pembrook, the Chairman of the Corporation (above) refused to comment on the situation when the FGP contacted him, however his office released a short statement:

The Ananab Corporation cares deeply about it's farmers and always does everything in it's power to protect them. We believe these "Banana Cultists" are completely unjust and should be stopped. We are willing to donate 2% of our bananas from Marlingtos to the island inhabitants in exchange for the end of the violent "Banana Cults." Mr Pembrook abhors violence and believes that the Ananab corporation should not be associated with it.


The Nasyonal espirityalite Asanble a prominent political party within Gaduridos annoucned it's support for the Banana Cults and will hold several banana themed rallies across Gaduridos over the next two weeks. The other political parties are yet to comment.

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The Marlingtos banana trade is an extremly profitable market for Gaduridos

The banana trade in Marlingtos pays well for the rest of Gadurdios which has all recieved much corporate investment as a result of the banana, tobacco and sugar trades primarly focused around Marlingtos, however the island itself has been left behind and is the poorest region in Gaduridos. The native population are clearly getting fed up and "Banana Cults" may only be the beginning of the social unrest on Marlingtos.
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Re: Free Gaduridos Press

Postby Phil Piratin » Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:10 pm

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Bananamity founded as an official relgion

Postby FPC » Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:42 pm

Bananamity founded as an official religion


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Following the rise of Banana cults and Banana related terrorism on the island of Marlingtos a group decided to formulate the radical cults into an official religion, enter bananamity. The religion opened a bookface page yesterday evening and 700,000 people officially registered to the religion overnight from all over the world. A more detailed report will follow once more details about the shadowy religion emerge.

Meanwhile banana related crime across Gaduridos and the Eastern world is reaching an all time high, with an average of 3 banana related crimes a week in Eastern Terra and a shocking 16 banana related crimes a week in Gaduridos. These are troubling times for the banana industry and the Ananab corporation in particular, the company is under huge pressure from Banana cults to treat their farmers better, global media is also calling for the CEO of the Corporation, Richard Pembrooke to step down due to his failure to deliver bananas to media stations and news outlets across Terra.
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Official Update on Status of the President

Postby Dradza » Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:31 am

March 4343
Gadur, Gaduridos
Issued by APP Media Team

President Ersilia Rodríguez says she is still consulting the constitution and other political players on the formation of a new cabinet following her recent election as President of the Federal Union. Speaking to journalists at her mansion in Aguazul, Pernessia after an APP executive committee meeting the Head of State stressed the importance of unity in the political environment and the need to employ inclusiveness in development.
Her election as president indicates progressive transformation in the party's politicking since its establishment in 3981 by Hector Guerrero, who contested several elections without success.
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President Arrives In Capital

Postby Dradza » Sat Feb 03, 2018 7:31 pm

May 4343
Gadur, Gaduridos
Issued by APP Media Team

After spending two months in Pernessia Federal State west of the capital, President Ersilia Rodríguez, has finally arrived in the heart of the country to a thunderous welcome by APP members who chanted her name and sang party slogans.

President Rodríguez arrived at Gadur City International Airport aboard a Gaduridos Air Force aeroplane accompanied by APP Secretary General Emanuele Baldo and APP Deputy Chairperson for Politics Dado Almeida. The Head of State is expected to present her nomination of a justice to serve in the Constitutional Court and board members of the Central Bank in the next six months.

Before greeting party officials the president was introduced to commanding security and defence force chiefs by the outgoing defence minister Mauro Armani. President Rodríguez was then escorted to the designated presidential residence by armed security officers.
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Cabinet Ministers Appointed As APP Executive Committee Membe

Postby Dradza » Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:02 am

February 4344
Rosaleda, Marligantos
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President Ersilia Rodríguez has officially appointed Infrastructure & transport minister Lodovico Ruggeri, education & culture minister Orfeo Agosti, science & technology minister Vittorio Martinelli and environment & tourism minister Luisa Aldebrandi as APP executive committee members. APP spokesperson Hon. Guiying Zheng MP informed a press gathering at the party HQ in Rosaleda, Marligantos, that the Head of State is also considering her nominations for Constitutional Court Justice and that a decision will be made before mid year.
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Re: Free Gaduridos Press

Postby Masionette9 » Sun Mar 18, 2018 5:00 pm

VALRUZIAN PRESS AGENCY FOREIGN EDITION
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CoS & GI: SELEYAN COUNTRIES SHOULD PURSUE THE PATH OF FURTHER INTEGRATION
Nowogard, September 4364

Original Article: CoS & GI: SELEYAN COUNTRIES SHOULD PURSUE THE PATH OF FURTHER INTEGRATION

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Gloria Iustitia's new headquarters (building in the center) in Nowogard, Valruzia.

NOWOGARD - In what seems to be the first official document issued jointly by human rights and democracy organization Gloria Iustitia, and the Council of Seleya which is aimed at preservation of multicultural characteristics of the Seleyan continent and at the same time monitor the state of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, diplomats from the Council of Seleya and lawyers from Gloria Iustitia say that Seleyan Union should work out the future shape of the Seleyan Union. Gloria Iustitia praised the legacy of the Seleyan Union which in the last couple decades became one of the top three areas on Terra where democracy is respected and citizens of Seleyan Union can enjoy peaceful life outside of any life-endangering conflict. In the document called "Seleya: Agenda for future and peace 4400" Gloria Iusitia and Council of Seleya point out that in recent decades the Seleyan Union which represents saw an unprecedented economic growth and according to the authors of the document, that is the result of closer economic cooperation on the continent and taking down economic barriers between member states. Council of Seleya highlights the importance of the Aloboro Agreement which, despite Valruzia and Alduria are the only participants, significantly affected the economic cooperation between the two countries, especially in the automotive. CoS underlines the fact that the Agreement contributes to growth in all sectors of the economy and especially in services, as with no border controls people are most likely to travel throughout Seleya. According to the document, Valruzian Ministry of Internal Affairs claims that average annual number of Aldurian tourists visiting Valruzia is 230 thousand, while the National Office for Statistical Research about 310 thousand of Valruzians visit Alduria every year. When compared with numbers before the Agreement came into force, we can see that they are roughly twice as high without the border patrols. Both Valruzian and Aldurian tourist industry benefits greatly every year thanks to the Alboro Agreement, in both countries the recent decades of saw increase in the total number of hotels and resorts and both quantitative and qualitative growth of the tourist and leisure infrastructure. In Valruzia tourist and leisure services make up a total of 8.9% of the total GDP which is relatively high result in north Seleya.

CoS and GI point out that extreme, nationalist political parties tend to undermine or distort the achievements of the Seleyan Union and tend to overuse the claim that it limits the sovereignty of the Member States. Gloria Iustitia points out that no article in the Treaty on the Seleyan Union limits the political might of any Member State and that all 12 Member States can enjoy the same rights within the community and are free to leave the organization. Economists from Gloria Iustitia highlight that in order to sustain the economic growth of the whole region, Member States will have to sit down together and work out additional protocols or declaration which will reform the current union. One of the proposed solutions is an increased level of economic freedom by establishing a pan-seleyan corporate status for companies that are able and are willing to operate on the territory of Seleyan Union and that their services and operations will have transborder character. Gloria Iustitia point out that the Valruzian government have tried to establish such solution back in 4327 with the Seleyan Petroleum Company - the planned company was supposed to have a unique corporate identity and could be the first ever Societas Seleyanea - allowing it to operate on the territory of the whole Seleyan Union and to be the subject to a special procedures in countries it operates. I could be said that currently, companies like Bonning and Reglair are the closest to what the Valruzian Government wanted to implement more than 30 years ago despite they operate as Valruzian corporate entities, and are subject to Valruzian internal taxation. Creation of such ventures could allow for the creation of the Union's budget which could be used for structural programmes for underdeveloped regions in the Seleyan Union and as subsidies for development programmes of the Member States' governments.
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Re: Free Gaduridos Press

Postby Masionette9 » Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:00 pm

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VALRUZIA PUTS FORWARD THE MULTINATIONAL CORPS PROPOSAL
Nowogard, April 4381

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Proposed logo of the Multinational Corps - Seleya North

NOWOGARD - It seems like Nowogard not willing to give up the momentum it gained with Minister's Izabela Vinciguerra bold response to the Hutorian military threats made against Aldegar, now sees it as a perfect opportunity to implement some measures strengthening the Seleyan Union. In a stepped-up process, the Valruzian Ministry for Foreign Affairs has prepared the Convention on the Multinational Corps - Seleya North which would be responsible for protecting the Seleyan Union. Apparently, Valruzia and Lodamun have already come up to an agreement and Lodamun was the first to announce its participation in the project. Basically, what Nowogard is trying to do is to fully implement the Article 7 of the Treaty on Seleyan Union, which says that the Member States will set up a defense force to protect the Union as a whole, to life. With more and more threats to the Seleyan Union, Nowogard wants to establish a collective defense unit which will be able to quickly respond to any threats against Seleyan Union, as well act as a deterrent for its hostiles. Analysts say that the formation will enable the Seleyan Union to influence countries like Likatonia and Saridan which in recent years turned hostile towards the Union. The MC-SN will especially give the Seleyan Union a way to at least try to influence the authorities in Saridan which in recent months have decided to turn Saridan into a rouge-like state with slavery and slave-trade legalized. With numerous reports from Council of Seleya and Gloria Iustitia calling for a quick response to the situation in Saridan, which according to Gloria Iustitia has become the most oppressive state in Seleya, and successively denies Gloria Iustitia and Council of Seleya observers the right to monitor the situation in the country, it is certain that the upcoming months will be deciding whether the Member States will take a larger responsibility on their shoulders.

According to sources connected with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the joint committee of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National Defense has agreed to put Hel as the proposed headquarters for the new organization (under the jurisdiction of the Seleyan Union). Multinational Corps of the Seleyan Union would be responsible for monitoring the international situation and be tasked with rapid response to threats made against the Seleyan Union, as well taking part in different international operations. Vinciguerra believes that the recent crisis between Aldegar and Hutori will push other Members of the Seleyan Union to take part in the process and that Seleyan Union will be finally able to effectively defend itself from external threats. As for the numbers, it is not certain how many soldiers and what sort of equipment will be assigned to the Multinational Corps - Seleya North, but it is certain that it will include all three basic branches of the military force: land forces, air force, and the navy. According to sources connected with MOND, Valruzia is ready to assign as much as 8 thousand soldiers to permanent duty within the Corps. Valruzia puts its hopes to increased cooperation with its neighbors, its largest economic partner - the State of Baltusia, Democratic Republic of Lodamun, Federal Union of Gaduridos and the Democratic Republic of Tukarali. Despite the initial plan to only include Valruzia, Lodamun, Baltusia, and Gaduridos in the Corps, Nowogard has decided that more broad solution is necessary and has decided to invite other states mainly Aldegar and Tukarali.
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Re: Free Gaduridos Press

Postby XAT » Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:16 pm

Following the contentious 4405 election due to RNM vacant seats, the Parliament of the Federal Union of Gaduridos have split into a four different voting blocs - Nationalist-Conservative-Moderate-Left - with none of the sides being able to secure a large coalition.

Despite similar circumstances in the 1st round of the Presidential elections, however, with the GLG earning first place by a several points margin, and the NLP-SCP electoral alliance fighting tooth-and-nail against the GG for the 2nd place position, finally only winning by a 0.38% margin, the presence of a Nationalist party and a Radical Conservative party in the 2nd round, with no party for the left to support, appears to indicate a right-wing shift in Gaduridos politics. In the 2nd round, the NLP-SCP Conservative alliance triumphed against the GLG Nationalists, by a 60/40 margin, making the NLP candidate, Joby Cedric, the new President of the Federal Union.

The new president, however, has proved a decisive figure, quickly reestablishing the old Conservative Alliance for Gaduridos, and just 3 days after his inauguration, made a speech titled "The Need for Modernization", where he called upon the Conservative-controlled executive branch and the Nationalist-Left legislative branch to cooperate for the prosperity of the nation. The President has already requested the Nationalist Defense ministry to strengthen Gaduridan naval forces, the Left-Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen trade lies, and the Left-Ministry of Finance to cooperate with the Nationalists in the strengthening of the military. The president has also taken to using the phrase "Long Live the Federal Union" in his addresses.

Whether the firebrand Conservative president will be able to solidify his domestic position and forge a new path for Gaduridos remains to be seen. What is undoubtedly true, however, is that Gaduridan politics has shifted dramatically from what it was just a year ago.
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