Link to article; https://latinamericanpost.com/37986-perus-departure-from-lima-group This article highlights Perus departure from Lima and the effect that has on Venezuela and other nearby countries. A number of Latin American countries joined a group called Lima, Lima was founded specifically to return stability and peace to the people and region of Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro became a Authoritarian leader. Lima did this through… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210922-macron-to-speak-to-biden-in-bid-to-calm-waters-amid-submarine-dispute The French Ambassador to the United States is set to return to the states after being withdrawn following Australia backing out of a submarine deal with France after secretly arranging another deal with the United States and Britain. Australia had been planning to buy submarines from France. However, on September 15, Australia backed out of the… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivian-president-calls-global-debt-relief-poor-countries-2021-09-18/ Mexican President Andres Obrador called for Latin American and Caribbean countries to come together as a stronger bloc similar to the European Union. President Obrador gave the speech at a meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Mexico City. Obrador stated that if CELAC were stronger, it could improve the region’s… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/uruguay-advances-free-trade-talks-with-china-aims-be-mercosur-gateway-2021-09-08/ The government of Uruguay is commencing trade talks with China. Uruguay hopes that the formation of a trade agreement with China will push them to trade with South American trade organization Mercosur, of which Uruguay is a part. Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou announced that China officially requested to move forward with trade talks. In July,… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/bolsonaro-says-uks-johnson-sought-emergency-food-deal-with-brazil-2021-09-23/ Prime minister Boris Johnson has asked Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro for help to supply a food product urgently to Britain. Though no product has been named it is possible it could have something to do with the CO2 shortage and surge in prices. President Bolsonaro has agreed to the emergency agreement as he spoke on his webcast earlier this… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-says-colombian-drone-violates-its-airspace-us-admiral-visits-2021-09-21/ Venezuelan defense minister Vladimir Padrino stated that a Colombian air force drone flew over the state of zulia. The claim comes at a time when a U.S. military official is visiting the adjacent country. Padrino called this act a “blatant threat”. Padrino says since Admiral Craig Faller was in Columbia at the time it could by no means be… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-files-us-lawsuit-against-ex-security-chief-linked-sinaloa-cartel-2021-09-21/ In a lawsuit filed in Miami, Mexico has accused Former Chief of Security Genaro Garcia of secretly providing aid to the Sinaloa Cartel, a crime syndicate from the Sinaloa region of Mexico well known for its international drug-trafficking and money laundering operations. While the cartel has a presence in other parts of the world, it is… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/un-concerned-us-pushbacks-migrants-who-may-need-asylum-2021-09-21/ UN’s High Commissioner of the refugee committee Filippo Grandi, advises the U.S. to lift the title 42 health related restrictions due to inconsistency with international norms. Due to the horrific conditions happening at the Del Rio, Texas camp where 14,000 Haitian refugees have been gathered to seek asylum. Many have insisted that President Joe Biden halts the displacement of… Read more »
Article Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-dismisses-nicaraguas-world-court-claims-over-maritime-boundaries-2021-09-22/ In 2012, Colombia and Nicaragua settled new borders within the western Caribbean, borders that favored Nicaragua and reduced Colombian control over the area. However, Nicaragua has filed a report to the International Court of Justice that accused Colombia of overstepping its bounds and encroaching upon Nicaragua’s authority in the Caribbean by crossing the demarcated lines established in… Read more »
Link to article; https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/world/americas/mexico-migrants-asylum-border.html In the beginning of President Biden’s term the Biden administration sought to dismantle the immigration system that was put into place under the Trump administration because they had deemed it “inhumane”. This was due to the fact that immigrants and asylum seekers would be forced to wait in Mexico while border organizations worked to let them… Read more »