International

• Monday, December 11th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentina to reapply for OECD membership

  

  Argentina's new Foreign Minister Diana Mondino confirmed that her country would resume the process of joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which had been initiated under President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) but was dropped during the Alberto Fernández years (2019-2023).

• Sunday, December 10th 2023 - 11:13 UTC

  Milei's colorful list of guests to his taking office ceremony

  

  It's a great day for Javier Milei, the libertarian who in just two years from scratch managed to defeat the main dominant political forces in Argentina and will become this Sunday the country's elected president.

• Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  Uruguayan Navy delegation off to South Korea to bring home patrol boat

  

  A 7-member team of the Uruguayan Navy has been dispatched to South Korea to take delivery of a Chamsuri-class patrol boat donated to the South American country, it was reported in Montevideo. The unit is due in the River Plate by early 2024, aboard a specialized transport vessel, it was explained.

• Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Essequibo: Guyanese president hopes Maduro will not act recklessly

  

  Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said that Venezuela's latest actions regarding the dispute over the Guaiana Essequiba were “a regional threat” and hoped Nicolás Maduro's regime would not act “in an adventurous and very irresponsible manner.”

• Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  Moody's downgrades China's debt; Beijing insists “unnecessary to worry”

  

  Credit risk agency Moody's is warning about growing problems with the Chinese economy, and has cut its outlook on government-s debt to negative from stable. China has become the world's second largest economy and the main trading partner, among others of South American countries.

• Friday, December 8th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

  Paraguay takes over rotating presidency of Mercosur; FTA with Singapore announced

  

  “There is no Mercosur where only some people do well,” said Paraguayan President Santiago Peña on taking up his new role within the bloc, which in his view is bound for “great achievements.” Peña underlined that, globally, Mercosur faced four challenges: access to water, food security, energy sufficiency, and resilience in logistics chains.

• Friday, December 8th 2023 - 08:38 UTC

  Ukraine's Zelensky attending Milei's inauguration

  

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Thursday announced he would be attending Javier Milei's inauguration in Buenos Aires on Dec. 10. His presence will add notoriety to a ceremony to be skipped by Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva among other world leaders politically not aligned with the future head of state.

• Thursday, December 7th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Milei reaches out to Elon Musk and confirms Central Bank head

  

  Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei said Wednesday that he spoke “extensively” on the telephone with tycoon Elon Musk, who shall not be attending the Dec. 10 inauguration in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, December 7th 2023 - 09:58 UTC

  Japan reopens door to Argentine poultry products

  

  Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries lifted all restrictions on poultry products from Argentina in force since February this year following outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the South American country, it was reported.

• Thursday, December 7th 2023 - 07:08 UTC

  Navigation cleared through Suez Canal after freighter collides with bridge

  

  Navigation through was not affected after the One Orpheus container ship lost control Wednesday and crashed into the El-Mansy floating bridge, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said early Thursday in Cairo. About 10% of the world's commerce passes through the Suez Canal, earning Egypt about US$ 8 billion a year.