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American arrested in Venezuela just days after Biden administration eases oil sanctions

Link: https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-biden-oil-sanctions-arrests-743eb9bfd6ab3c62c41ce4099e221843 Summary: On October 24th, California Man Savoi Wright was reportedly arrested in Venezuela days after crippling oil sanctions on the socialist-run government were lifted by the Biden administration. His family pleads for his release as they say he was wrongfully arrested and held for tens of thousands of dollars in ransom. Very little is known About the arrest… Read more »

Mexico President Asks Lawmakers to Let US Military Trainers Into Mexico

Link: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-11-29/mexico-president-asks-lawmakers-to-let-us-military-trainers-into-mexico Summary: Mexican President Manuel López Obrador has requested permission from the Mexican senate to allow U.S military personnel to enter Mexican Soil to train Mexican Special Forces, in early 2024. After meeting at the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperative Summit with Biden, America and Mexico’s Diplomatic ties have seemed to grow, or show signs of growth in the future. The… Read more »

Biden and López Obrador have talked fentanyl and US-Mexico migration. They pledged solidarity

Link: https://apnews.com/article/biden-immigration-migrants-mexico-fentanyl-d39861ee91b91656be23e8d1068ec993 Summary: US President Joe Biden met with Mexican President Manuel López Obrador at the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperative Summit to discuss matters that dealt with illicit fentanyl trafficking along with confronting the growing migrant issue. In the past both presidents have criticized each other’s attempts at approaching these growing issues, so tensions have been high with López Obrador even… Read more »

Chile’s Boric, after condemning Israel over Gaza, raises concerns with Biden

Artical Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/chiles-boric-after-condemning-israel-over-gaza-raise-concerns-with-biden-2023-11-02/ Summary: Chilean President Gabriel Boric, this past week condemned Israel for the current attacks on Gaza it has ensued, this is shortly after the nearby country Bolivia declared its cutting of ties with Israel due to these attacks. Boric agreed that the attack on Israel by the Hamas militant group was wrong, but argued that the response… Read more »

Bolivia cuts ties with Israel; other Latin American countries recall envoys

Link to Articlal: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/1/bolivia-cuts-ties-with-israel-other-latin-american-countries-recall-envoys Summary: Bolivia had officially cut ties with Israel due to the war in Gaza and has stated they will send humanitarian aid to Gaza. Bolivia is among the first nations to end its diplomatic relations with Israel over this war and their doing this has urged many other Latin American countries to take action and do… Read more »

Canada removes 41 diplomats from India as dispute over Sikh activist’s assassination deepens

Link to Artical: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/india/canada-india-diplomats-removed-intl-hnk/index.html Summary: 41 Canadian Diplomats were withdrawn, alongside their families, from India. This is After the killing of Prominent Sikh leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The killing was recently found to be linked to the Indian government. This disagreement started with the expulsion of an Indian diplomat from Canada, with India quickly responding with the… Read more »