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Montevideo, November 7th 2025 - 14:17 UTC

Tag: Indonesia

  • Thursday, October 23rd 2025 - 19:49 UTC

    Brazil and Indonesia highlight growing strategic partnership

    Lula and Subianto share a common view on many issues

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia released a joint communiqué on Thursday in Jakarta, describing the progress of the strategic partnership between the two countries. The document also addresses cooperation at both the regional and multilateral levels.

  • Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 - 20:40 UTC

    IOC punishes Indonesia over ban on Israeli athletes

    The IOC's move came too late to salvage the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday issued sanctions against Indonesia, suspending all dialogue regarding the country's bid to host the Olympic Games, after Jakarta barred Israeli gymnasts from competing in a world championship.

  • Wednesday, July 16th 2025 - 09:03 UTC

    Trump announces historic trade deal with Indonesia

    The Asian country is rich in copper, which could affect Chile's future exports

    US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a “historic” trade agreement with Indonesia, personally negotiated with President Prabowo Subianto, that significantly alters trade terms between the two nations.

  • Tuesday, January 7th 2025 - 07:13 UTC

    Indonesia joins BRICS as full member, Brasilia confirms

    Brazil took over the bloc's rotating presidency on Jan. 1.

    Brazil's government confirmed Monday that Indonesia had joined the BRICS bloc as a full member, making it the first country to do so this year, Agencia Brasil reported. The alliance now has the fourth largest population on the planet, with the new partner's 284 million inhabitants making it the 10th largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the World Bank.

  • Tuesday, April 11th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Brazilian President announces alliance with Indonesia and Congo

    With his previous experience as president, Lula said that “we will do more in four years -proportionally more- than we did in eight years.”

    In an exclusive TV interview marking his first 100 days in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Monday (10) that he will meet in June with his colleagues from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia to launch an alliance between the countries that hold the largest rainforests on the planet, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

    Indonesia earthquake toll reaches 310 dead

    Earthquakes in Indonesia are a common occurrence because of the country's position on the Pacific Ring of Fire

    Search and rescue teams in Indonesia have so far retrieved 310 bodies after Tuesday's 5.6-degree tremor that hit the Cianjur region in the country’s West Java province, it was reported Friday. The whereabouts of at least 24 people are still unknown and over 36,000 residents have been displaced, the authorities also said.

  • Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

    Brazil signs biodiversity deal with Indonesia and Congo

    Photo: Bobulix / Flickr

    Brazil's Foreign Ministry announced that the South American country had reached a biodiversity agreement with Indonesia and Congo to preserve their respective tropical rainforests, which are the largest in the world.

  • Friday, November 11th 2022 - 10:54 UTC

    Alberto Fernández and Macron review world issues in Paris

    Alberto Fernández's international tour is to go on next at the G20 Summit in Indonesia

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday met with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron in Paris on the first stop of his new international tour that will later bring him to the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia.

  • Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

    State-Owned Enterprises essential in global recovery, G20 reviews

    Blair said Indonesia assumed the G20 Presidency at a very important time for the world community

    Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair last week played a key role during discussions in Jakarta regarding global health actions towards a prompt recovery. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) were found to be pivotal in this regard. Indonesia this year presides over the G20.

  • Monday, April 26th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

    Indonesian submarine found at sea bottom cracked in three - all 53 crew dead

    President Joko Widodo has sent his condolences to relatives of the 53 crew

    The Government of Indonesia has announced the missing KRI Nanggala-402 submarine, which disappeared about 60 miles off the coast of Bali early on Wednesday morning, has been found split in three on the seafloor - none of the 53 crew survived.

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