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Stories for November 19th 2024

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 21:15 UTC

    Paraguayan President says he is okay after Monday's hospitalization

    Peña shifted the spotlight from his health crisis onto sporting events

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Tuesday shared a video message on social media saying he had fully recovered from Monday's health crisis that had him hospitalized while attending the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 11:52 UTC

    Argentina clinches deal to sell Vaca Muerta gas to Brazil

    Caputo (L) and Silveira met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio

    Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo and his Brazilian Energy Counterpart Alexandre Silveira signed Monday on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro an agreement whereby gas from Vaca Muerta will be pumped starting next year, reaching 30 million cubic meters per day as from 2030, which is the same volume that South America's largest country used to buy from Bolivia.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Rio G20 Declaration signed – Argentina adheres only partially

    The document also enshrines Brazil's achievements while holding the G20 rotating presidency under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva this year

    G20 Leaders Monday signed at the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro a joint 85-item declaration in which they addressed the world's current challenges. However, Argentine President Javier Milei announced he would not be endorsing the so-called 2030 Agenda goals.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 09:47 UTC

    US to release aid package for Brazilian Amazon

    The announcement was made during Biden't trip to Manaus ahead of the G20 Summit in Rio

    The United States offered an aid package for environmental actions in the Brazilian Amazon to address climate change, it was announced Monday during President Joseph Biden's visit to Manaus as part of his journey to the country for the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Agencia Brasil reported. The first trip by a sitting US president to the region marked celebrations of 200 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 09:38 UTC

    Ortega discloses blueprints for projected Nicaragua Canal

    Traffic through the Panama Canal is slow and there are no alternatives, Ortega underlined

    Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Monday launched the blueprints for a 445-kilometer long canal through his country linking the Caribbean SSea with the Pacific Ocean, which would be an alternative to the existing transoceanic path in Panama, where the United States has a key say.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

    Brazil increasingly dependent on oil exports and energy production

    “We have reached the milestone of crude oil becoming Brazil’s top export, surpassing soybean meal, agribusiness, mining, and iron exports, said CEO Chambriand

    Crude oil has become Brazil’s main export product surpassing agribusiness and mining, according to the country’s hydrocarbons company Petrobras CEO Magda Chambriard. Brazil is not also becoming highly dependent on oil exports but also in energy generation.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 08:46 UTC

    Global warming and the burning issue of money

    Baku had the money to host around 50,000 government officials, think-tank policy wonks, investors and campaigners (plus a few climate scientists) for two weeks

    By Gwynne Dyer - It's hard to imagine a less plausible venue for the annual UN-sponsored conference on climate than the dictatorial petro-state of Azerbaijan. Baku, the capital, has a walled medieval center that's worth a day or two, but offshore the shallow Caspian Sea is littered with a century's worth of old and new oil wells.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

    Falklands MLA Spink present at the Joint Ministerial Council in London with other OTs democratically elected

    A family picture of the OTs Representatives currently in London for the JMC

    Roger Spink, member of the democratically elected Legislative Assembly from the Falkland Islands, is taking part in the annual Joint Ministerial Council at the Foreign Office in London, next to representatives from twelve other Overseas Territories.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 08:14 UTC

    Paraguayan President hospitalized during Rio G20 with chest pains

    An ECG test showed some alterations so Peña will remain at the medical facility for now

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña was admitted into Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Samaritano Monday while attending the G20 Summit as a guest. The 46-year-old South American leader will remain at the healthcare facility pending the outcome of a series of medical tests after feeling chest pains, Vice President Pedro Alliana said on social media.