Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-president-says-foreign-companies-transported-contraband-fuel-2021-10-11/ Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, while releasing a blanket statement that many foreign corporations are transporting their energy sources to Mexico illegitimately, specifically accused the Swiss company Trafigura, a global fuel provider, of illegally importing their fuel into Mexico and announced an investigation into their Mexican trade activity. Mexico is concerned with both falsified documentation… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/9/us-taliban-to-hold-first-talks-since-afghanistan-withdrawal In the Qatari capital of Doha, both the United States and Taliban Officials have taken the first steps into establishing mutually beneficial relations in the wake of the US abandonment of its military operations in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban, now at the helm of the entirety of Afghan government, have been facing a colossal humanitarian and… Read more »
Link to Article: https://latinamericanpost.com/38421-the-haitian-migration-crisis-will-impact-latin-america Since the assassination of the Haitian president, Jovenel Moise, on July 7th this past summer, Haiti has been riddled with turmoil and unrest. Consecutive seasonal hurricanes, deep-seeded poverty, and concerns over human rights violations have all culminated into regular migration movements out of Haiti since the 2010 earthquake, consequently creating significant effects on other countries in… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-files-us-lawsuit-against-ex-security-chief-linked-sinaloa-cartel-2021-09-21/ In a lawsuit filed in Miami, Mexico has accused Former Chief of Security Genaro Garcia of secretly providing aid to the Sinaloa Cartel, a crime syndicate from the Sinaloa region of Mexico well known for its international drug-trafficking and money laundering operations. While the cartel has a presence in other parts of the world, it is… Read more »
Article Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-dismisses-nicaraguas-world-court-claims-over-maritime-boundaries-2021-09-22/ In 2012, Colombia and Nicaragua settled new borders within the western Caribbean, borders that favored Nicaragua and reduced Colombian control over the area. However, Nicaragua has filed a report to the International Court of Justice that accused Colombia of overstepping its bounds and encroaching upon Nicaragua’s authority in the Caribbean by crossing the demarcated lines established in… Read more »
Link to Article : https://www.voanews.com/a/australia-signs-new-defense-accord-with-us-and-britain-/6230912.html On Thursday September 15, the Indo-Pacific region entered into a new stage of its power balance with the announcement of a new alliance between the United States, Australia, and Great Britain, with the acronym AUKUS. Up until this pact, China and Australia had been improving their relations, especially in trade as China has grown to… Read more »
