https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-brazil-diplomacy-f8661fdab3c154b839bc9d48954cbd72 Tensions in South America have been rising since the highly disputed Venezuelan election in July. Despite pre-election polls that showed opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia had more supporters by a landslide, President Nicolas Maduro still claimed that he won the election. Protests against Maduro’s regime have resulted in countless arrests and even murders of those who oppose Maduro. Argentina,… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/20/us-sanctions-former-haitian-president-over-alleged-drug-trafficking Michel Joseph Martelly was the Haitian president in the wake of the catastrophic 2010 earthquake, from 2011 until he resigned in 2016. Haiti has been unstable for decades, but since the 2008 hurricane season and 2010 earthquake the situation has become dire—half of Haiti’s 11.5M residents are facing hunger, 578,000 are displaced by gang wars, and criminal groups control… Read more »
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-09-12/ukraines-zelenskiy-dismisses-destructive-china-brazil-peace-initiative In May, China and Brazil offered a proposal to be mediators in peace discussions between Ukraine and Russia over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia is in support of this “China-Brazil peace initiative”, with Putin openly backing the plan and even suggesting India to be a third mediator country. However, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that the initiative was disrespectful… Read more »
