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Wednesday, November 20th 2024 - 09:41 UTC
Lula urges developed countries to up their climate contributions

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio da Silva insisted Tuesday that G20 developed countries should bring forward by up to ten years the climate neutrality targets currently set for 2050, Agencia Brasil reported. He made those remarks during his appearance at the Group's Summit in Rio de Janeiro. “To the developed members of the G20, I propose that you bring forward your climate neutrality targets from 2050 to 2040 or even 2045,” Lula stressed during a panel on sustainable development and energy transition.
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Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 21:15 UTC
Paraguayan President says he is okay after Monday's hospitalization

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.
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Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 11:52 UTC
Argentina clinches deal to sell Vaca Muerta gas to Brazil

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.
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Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Rio G20 Declaration signed – Argentina adheres only partially

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.
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Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 09:47 UTC
US to release aid package for Brazilian Amazon

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.
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Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 09:19 UTC
Brazil increasingly dependent on oil exports and energy production

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.
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Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 08:14 UTC
Paraguayan President hospitalized during Rio G20 with chest pains

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.
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Monday, November 18th 2024 - 21:59 UTC
Argentina becomes newest founding member of Lula's alliance against hunger

Javier Milei's Argentina became after last-minute negotiations the 82nd country to join the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, Brazil's initiative launched during the two-day G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. With Buenos Aires' decision, no G20 country stayed out of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's partnership which is also made up of the African Union and the European Union, in addition to 9 financial institutions, 24 international organizations, and 31 philanthropic and non-governmental entities, totaling 148 founding members.
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Monday, November 18th 2024 - 14:51 UTC
Lavrov arrives in Rio for G20 Summit as world tensions escalate

Russia’s Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov arrived Sunday in Rio de Janeiro to head his country's delegation attending the two-day G20 Summit starting Monday in the former Brazilian capital while President Vladimir Putin stayed in Moscow as winds of World War III blew again during the weekend after US President Joseph Biden gave his nod to Kyiv using US-built missiles.
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Monday, November 18th 2024 - 14:15 UTC
“F**k you,” Brazilian First Lady tells Elon Musk

During a G20 social event this past weekend, Brazilian First Lady Janja da Silva cursed against billionaire Elon Musk in an outburst that made waves ahead of the world's leader's Summit starting Monday in Rio de Janeiro. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's wife was speaking through a microphone to an audience when a ship horn nearby interrupted her: “It’s Elon Musk,” she said. “I’m not afraid of you, f**k you, Elon Musk,” she added.
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