https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/china-argentina-sign-currency-swap-deal-g20-summit-181202165338460.html Argentina’s central bank has signed a deal with its Chinese counterpart to expand a currency swap programme by eight billion dollars, the bank said in a statement. The agreement is an extension of a swap first agreed between the two countries in July 2017. The new deal, announced on Sunday during a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping,… Read more »
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/19/cages-are-more-dignified-colombia-holds-cold-comfort-for-venezuelan-migrants-bogota The feet of Estilita López, 78 years old, are bloodied and bruised from the arduous journey from Yaracuy, in northern Venezuela, to Bogotá, the Colombian capital. Together with 460 fellow compatriots, she now lives in a new, city-funded migrant camp that has just sprung up on a football pitch near the airport. “I had to leave Venezuela, but this… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46139180 “They are just everywhere and they are polluting our oceans, our fields, our cities,” says Guillermo González of the 3.4 billion disposable plastic bags used in Chile every year. Mr González heads the recycling department at Chile’s environment ministry and is only too aware of the problems caused by the huge amount of plastic bags used by his compatriots…. Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cuba-doctors-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-president-far-right-a8634396.html Cuba has said it will pull thousands of its doctors from Brazil, indicating a sharp downturn in relations between the nations after the election of far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro last month. The communist state announced it would stop the “Mas Medicos” or “More Doctors” scheme shortly after Mr Bolsonaro said he would impose new conditions on the doctors… Read more »
Amidst the political and economic turmoil that plagues Venezuela, migrants in the hundreds of thousands have flocked to neighboring Columbia for shelter. Although the facilities have been compared to cages, have pervasively spread disease, and lacks in food and water, many refugees prefer it over the conditions of Venezuela. During the prevalent rainy season, the health of the refugees within… Read more »
