Leah Snyder Analysis post #4 On Friday, the 19th of October, Chile and Brazil discussed a possible free trade agreement set in place by the end of the year. Chile is Brazil’s second largest trade partner in south america, Brazil is Chile’s largest latin american trade partner and had a trade worth of $8.5 million. The free trade agreement… Read more »
One of the biggest controversies debated upon in the United States is border control policies. President Trump has made it very clear that he is willing to do everything in his power to ensure safe borders even if that mean deportation or the construction of a wall. Recently, thousands of migrants escaping from South America, have begun to make their… Read more »
Brazil and Chile set to sign free trade deal by year-end 1 MIN READ SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil and Chile concluded on Friday negotiations for a free trade agreement that could be signed by the end of the year, the Brazilian government said in a statement late on Saturday. Under the agreed terms, Brazil and Chile will not charge… Read more »
Cuba makes debt payment to Western nations, 10 swaps signed Marc Frank 4 MIN READ HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba paid a third installment on its renegotiated $2.6 billion debt to 14 creditor nations this week, diplomats said, adding that Havana had also signed 10 investment deals as part of a debt swap with creditors, the first since the Revolution. Cuba… Read more »
Counting on victory, Brazil’s Bolsonaro looks to shape policy Rodrigo Viga Gaier 4 MIN READ RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s right-wing presidential front-runner, Jair Bolsonaro, has begun to shape policies and choose high-ranking ministers for the government he plans to form after his expected landslide victory in Sunday’s run-off election. FILE PHOTO: Gustavo Bebianno, President of PSL party, talks… Read more »
Brazil’s Haddad: Democracy at risk if Bolsonaro elected president Fernando Haddad, presidential candidate of Brazil’s leftist Workers’ Party (PT), attends a news conference after a debate at the engineers club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 19, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s left-leaning presidential candidate Fernando Haddad said on Monday that the country’s democracy will be at… Read more »
Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of the former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering. Mrs Fujimori, who is leader of the opposition in the Peruvian congress, was detained along with her husband. The judge said they would be held initially for 10 days along with 19 other suspects. Prosecutors allege she was… Read more »
US President Donald Trump has threatened to use military force to completely close the US-Mexico border. The warning, via a series of tweets on Thursday, comes as a new caravan of more than 3,000 migrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala heads north. Mr Trump has already threatened to cut all aid payments to the three countries over illegal immigration…. Read more »
Picking sides is never fun. Especially if you’re the one stuck in the middle of two giants. Panama is one of many countries where the rivalry between the US and China is playing out in real time. It was caught in the crossfire last week when US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whilst visiting Panama, criticised Chinese economic activity in… Read more »
Thousands of migrants from Central America are crossing Mexico from south to north in the hope of reaching the United States. Many of them are parents with young children seeking a better life away from the violence and lack of opportunities in their home countries. The size of the group has steadily grown from about 1,000 to more than 7,000,… Read more »