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Monday, November 18th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
With Milei, Macron insists France not signing EU-Mercosur FTA

French President Emmanuel Macron told his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei once again during their meeting Sunday at Casa Rosada that his country would not sign the European Union (EU)-Southern Common Market (Mercosur) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) “as is.”
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Monday, November 18th 2024 - 09:59 UTC
China's Xi Jinping all for deeper relations with Chile

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric Font in Lima on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in the Peruvian capital that he hoped to expand cooperation between both countries with free trade and open industrial policies. The Asian leader also highlighted that Chile was the first South American country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
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Monday, November 18th 2024 - 09:18 UTC
Presidents of Bolivia and Paraguay arrive in Rio for G20 guest appearances

Presidents Luis Arce Catacora of Bolivia and Santiago Peña of Paraguay landed Sunday night in Rio de Janeiro to participate as a guest of the G20 Summit, to be held between Nov. 18 and 19 in the former Brazilian capital.
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Monday, November 18th 2024 - 08:25 UTC
Guterres says “spirit of consensus” needed

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the “Argentine case” ahead of the two-day G20 Summit starting in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday and called for a “spirit of consensus” to move forward.
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Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
HMS Protector with Chilean navy paid homage to British losses at battle of Colonel, November 1914

Crew members Sailors from Ice Patrol HMS Protector, A173, and their Chilean allies paid homage to British sailors lost in one of the first great naval actions of World War 1. One hundred and ten years to the day that the Royal and German Navies clashed three dozen miles off the coast of Chile, the icebreaker ship’s crew joined Chilean sailors for a service of remembrance in the city which gave the battle its name: Coronel.
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Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:37 UTC
Peru signs key FTA with Hong Kong

Just one day after the opening of the China-financed megaport in Chancay just a few miles north of Lima, Peru signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Hong Kong to further deepen its commitment to Pacific Ocean trade. The understanding was achieved in the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Summit in the South American country's capital.
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Friday, November 15th 2024 - 11:23 UTC
Falkland Islands celebrates the birthday of His Majesty King Charles III

On behalf of the people of the Falkland Islands, the Members of the Legislative Assembly wish to extend our warmest congratulations to His Majesty King Charles III on the occasion of His 76th birthday, Thursday 14 November.
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Friday, November 15th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
France wants Mercosur-EU deal not signed

France will not be signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), the Russian news service Sputnik reported Thursday. In fact, Paris will do its utmost to block it.
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Friday, November 15th 2024 - 10:46 UTC
Milei first world leader to meet Trump post Nov. 5 elections

Argentine President Javier Milei Thursday became the first foreign leader to meet US President-elect Donald Trump after the latter's victory in the Nov. 5 elections. They got together at the Republican's Mar-a-Lago complex in Florida during a CPAC (Conservative Political Action Convention).
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Friday, November 15th 2024 - 10:03 UTC
Boluarte and Xi Jinping inaugurate Chancay megaport in Peru

Presidents Dina Boluarte of Peru and Xi Jinping of China inaugurated Thursday the mega-port of Chancay, some 40 miles north of Lima. The structure, built with financing from the Asian country, is expected to revolutionize South America's Pacific Ocean trade. The opening took place within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
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