Monthly Archives: February 2023

Brazil’s Lula to meet Biden on Friday at White House

Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-meet-biden-friday-white-house-2023-02-09/ Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s leftist president, met with US president Joe Biden in the white house during his visit to Washington DC on Thursday. The visit would focus on support for Brazilian democracy and cooperation between both countries in environmental commitments. The US is currently discussing and considering joining a multilateral fund targeted at… Read more »

Mexico welcomes Cuban president amid hard times

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Link to Article: https://apnews.com/article/cuba-government-mexico-health-e510cc50ec82928f770c3c109a05d502 Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel visited Mexico on Saturday and spoke on how the island currently faces “tremendously difficult challenges”. Diaz-Canel blamed many of its current issues, such as severe economic crisis, shortages and blackouts, arrests, protests and deadly fires which destroyed a large oil storage facility in western Cuba which weakened the islands fragile electricity system,… Read more »

Colombian government, rebels resume peace talks in Mexico

Link to Article: https://apnews.com/article/colombia-government-mexico-caribbean-bogota-city-61fbd05b4646ac29704d38c517a0ff08 Columbia’s government and the communist-inspired National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group held negotiations in Mexico City on Monday, resuming peace talks towards a resolution to the conflict between both parties dating back to the 1960s. This is the second round of talks after the first began in November after the leftist Gustavo Petro was elected president… Read more »