Article: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/taiwan-shore-up-honduras-ties-vp-attend-inauguration-2022-01-19/ On January 19th, 2022 Taiwan Vice President William Lai said that he would be in attendance at the inauguration of the new Honduran president Xiomara Castro. The inauguration will take place on January 27th and Castro will be the first female president in South America. Lai is hoping to strengthen ties between the two countries due to the… Read more »
Article :https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/taiwan-shore-up-honduras-ties-vp-attend-inauguration-2022-01-19/ On January 28th, 2022 the CDC warned against travel to 22 destinations due to the Omicron variant. These countries were considered a level four: very high risk because of rising Covid numbers in these countries. Some countries in this level were Israel, Australia, Egypt, Argentina, and Uruguay. This now makes the level four category contain over 100 countries… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/new-honduras-leader-says-she-hopes-maintain-taiwan-ties-2022-01-27/ After meeting with Taiwan’s vice president, the Honduran President-elect, Xiomara Castro, said that she hopes to maintain their relationship and that the country is grateful for their support. Taiwan was worried about losing Honduras as an ally due to Castro mentioning the notion of switching from diplomacy with Taipei to Beijing during her campaign, especially considering… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/1/10/us-slaps-new-sanctions-on-nicaragua-on-ortegas-inauguration-day On Monday, January 10th, 2022, the United States imposed new sanctions on Nicaraguan officials, including re-elected President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo. The US Department of the Treasury released a statement, which discussed their newly imposed sanctions on 6 Nicaraguan officials over violent accusations, misinformation, and the targeting of independent media. In… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/14/russia-threatens-latin-america-troop-deployments-amid-us-tensions On January 13th, 2022, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated that he cannot ‘confirm nor exclude’ the possibility of Russia sending military assets to different parts of Latin America if the United States and its allies don’t cut down their military activities in Ukraine. This refusal to rule out military deployments to Cuba and Venezuela… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-join-mexican-complaint-about-us-auto-industry-move-2022-01-13/ Ties between the US and its adjacent neighbors are straining right now, specifically in the continental auto industry. Canada is joining Mexico in requesting a dispute settlement panel under the terms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact. The two countries have been disagreeing with the US over how to apply auto sector requirements according to the treaty,… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-asks-citizens-avoid-non-essential-travel-ukraine-due-russian-aggression-2022-01-16/ Due to the Russian government stationing over 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border, Canada is now advising its citizens not to travel to Ukraine unless for essential reasons. On Friday, the United States said that it is afraid Russia may be preparing a pretext to invade if they cannot meet their needs through diplomatic means. Since… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/12/colombia-says-consul-in-haiti-threatened-after-moise-killing The Colombian government has stated that their single consul in Haiti, Julio Martinez, has received unknown threats against him for his various operations in the country. After the assassination of Haitian President Moise, much evidence pointed to Colombian nationals being at least somewhat responsible, including the charge that the act was committed by a security group that involved former… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/ecuadors-lasso-visit-china-february-debt-negotiations-2022-01-10/ The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, will be travelling to the Peoples’ Republic of China in February, in order to negotiate terms of the debt owed China, slated to all be entirely due in the next three years. President Lasso, a former banker, will want to work out different ways of “becoming even” through various means such as amending… Read more »
