Link To Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/12/irans-raisi-after-strategic-ties-in-south-america-tour This article covers Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his tour of South America. This tour is aiming to focus on strengthening ties with Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba. These countries are also under U.S. sanctions and this tour is hoped to enhance their political and economic partnerships, specifically in areas like agriculture, energy, and technology. This visit… Read more »
Link To Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ng4g31x1wo On July 26, 2024, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a major drug lord and co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world, was arrested in El Paso, Texas. Zambada was deceived into boarding a plane, thinking he was going to inspect airstrips in Mexico, but was actually traveling to… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-talks-about-joining-expanded-aukus-defence-chief-blair-says-2024-09-13/ Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair has reported that Canada, among others, is being considered to join AUKUS, a security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The original members formed in an effort to lessen the growing grip that China has on the Indo-Pacific region. The expansion would focus on technological… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/09/12/punitive-instrument-brazils-say-eu-deforestation-laws-will-affect-one-third-of-exports European Union Site: https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/countries-and-regions/brazil_en#:~:text=The%20EU%20is%20Brazil’s%20second,total%20EU%20trade%20(2017). A law passed by the European Union (EU) in 2022, the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) will come into play at the end of 2024. The law was adopted in June 2023, which has given businesses 18 months to adapt to the news rules. However, Brazil is asking the EU to hold off… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/5/us-secures-release-of-135-political-prisoners-from-nicaragua A hundred and thirty five political prisoners, including religious leaders and students, arrested by the Nicaraguan government have been freed this past week due to requests and pressure from the U.S government. In a statement on Thursday, the 5th of September, U.S National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, said that the number of prisoners in Nicaragua number… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/4/us-sailor-detained-in-venezuela-while-travelling-on-personal-business “Detention comes amid tensions over Venezuela’s disputed election, with the US seizing President Maduro’s plane this week.” The White House national security spokesperson, John Kirby, confirmed that a US service member had been detained in Venezuela on the 4th of September, 2024. It was Kirby’s understanding that he was on personal travel and not government business…. Read more »
Link to article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3277973/chinas-firms-seek-avoid-pitfalls-search-key-ev-metal-latin-america-analysts?module=Politics&pgtype=section Chinese companies are receiving resistance from Latin American states after setting out to obtain lithium from them. These countries include Chile, Bolivia, Mexico, and Peru. China has the largest electric vehicle market in the world and needs the lithium from Latin American countries, who have some of the world’s largest lithium reserves, to make them. The… Read more »
Link to Original Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c207958pp9qo The Argentine Embassy in the Venezuelan capital city of Caracas has been surrounded by police forces this past weekend, with word coming out of the embassy sheltering six Venezuelan politicians in opposition to the newly elected President of Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro. Images have come out from the members of said Venezuelan political opposition of… Read more »
https://www.radiohc.cu/en/noticias/nacionales/364541-ignacio-ramonet-sends-open-letter-to-us-president-joe-biden Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet wrote an open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden requesting the removal of Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism, a short list of countries the U.S. deems supportive of international terrorist acts. Casa de las Americas, an organization founded by the Cuban government after the Cuban Revolution for the purpose of bettering the state’s… Read more »
