International

• Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 08:14 UTC

  “Falklands' status as a BOT has nothing to do with imperial gestures, but the wishes of its population”

  

  The Falkland Islands’ status as a British overseas territory has nothing to do with imperial gestures, and everything to do with the wishes of the population, writes Dr. Nigel Haywood, in response to the article by Simon Jenkins, published in The Guardian and MercoPress a week ago.

• Friday, December 1st 2023 - 22:45 UTC

  Brazil joining OPEC+ as of next year

  

  Effective Jan. 1, 2024, South America's largest country will join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira announced this week after participating virtually in a meeting with other colleagues from the bloc.

• Friday, December 1st 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Will Maduro attempt to take over Guyana's Esequibo? Brazil sends troops to the area

  

  Brazil announced “intensified defensive actions” along its northern border fearing a possible invasion of Guyana by the dictatorial regime of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. This Friday the UN International Court is expected to halt a referendum, on a disputed area between the two neighbors, which is seen as “an exercise in forced annexation” by Venezuela.

• Friday, December 1st 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Pedro Sánchez promises Paraguayan president to work for Mercosur deal finalizing

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a telephone conversation this week with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña during which he insisted on his country's commitment to finalizing the trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur while he held the rotating presidency of the northern alliance. The deal would unite 800 million people and represent a quarter of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). If things go on as projected, Mercosur would obtain duty-free access for 93% of its exports to the EU, with a 10-year deadline to achieve this goal.

• Friday, December 1st 2023 - 09:46 UTC

  Uruguayan national among those released by Hamas

  

  Uruguayan national Shani Goren Horovitz was among the eight hostages released by the terrorist group Hamas Thursday in exchange for yet another batch of 30 prison inmates from Israeli jails, Qatari government sources confirmed.

• Thursday, November 30th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Paraguayan official signs cooperation deal with non-existing country

  

  A high-ranking official within Paraguay's Agriculture Ministry was sacked from his post-Wednesday after signing cooperation agreements with the non-existent country of Kailasa, it was reported in Asunción.

• Thursday, November 30th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Henry Kissinger dies aged 100

  

  Former US Secretary of State and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger died Wednesday at the age of 100 at his home in Connecticut, it was reported. He epitomized his country's foreign policy in the second half of the 20th century and remained active throughout his life. In July this year, he made a surprise visit to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.

• Thursday, November 30th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

  Hamas says Argentine baby hostage and his family died in Israeli strike

  

  According to the Palestinian Islamist terrorist group Hamas, the 10-month-old Argentine baby Kfir Bibas, his brother, and their mother had died as a result of an Israeli strike carried out in retaliation for the Oct. 7 attacks in which some 240 people were taken hostage to the Gaza Strip.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  Four more Argentines freed by Hamas

  

  The terrorist group Hamas Tuesday released ten women, four of them Argentine nationals, in exchange for another batch of 30 Palestinian inmates held by Israel at the Ofer prison in the West Bank and in the Russian prison in Jerusalem, as the humanitarian truce was extended to allow for further swaps. Two other hostages were also freed as a bonus not contemplated in the agreement.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

  Peña highlights role of Paraguayan expatriates in Italy

  

  President Santiago Peña met on Tuesday with members of the Paraguayan community in Italy to discuss the situation of the South American expatriates. During the meeting, Peña stressed the importance of his country projecting an image of solid and transparent institutions that would lead to economic growth.