Tag: Ukraine conflict

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 03:03 UTC

  Bolsonaro hints solution to Ukraine war resembles that of 1982 in the South Atlantic

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said he had “the solution” to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine and vowed to discuss it with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

• Thursday, July 14th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ donation to Ukrainian people reaches £42 thousand

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) confirmed that a total of £42,038.10 was raised and passed to charity, United Kingdom. The charity will use the donation to help UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) teams deliver life-saving aid to people forced to flee their homes in Ukraine.

• Thursday, July 14th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Ukraine war: Euro cheaper than the US dollar for the first time in two decades

  

  As Ukraine war continues and fears that Russia could further restrict Europe's supplies of gas, increasing the chances of a recession in the Eurozone, the European common currency has fallen below the dollar for the first time in nearly 20 years.

• Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Ukraine asks Paraguay for Mercosur's help

  

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski Wednesday asked his Paraguayan colleague Mario Abdo Benítez to bring the other Mercosur leaders to support his war-torn country through its plight following Russia's invasion.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Foreign Secretary Truss says “women are also capable of terrible and appalling acts”

  

  According to British media reporting, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss had some discordant comments on Boris Johnson's claim that Russian President Putin's invasion of Ukraine was the “perfect example of toxic masculinity” and it wouldn't have been carried out by a female leader.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Brazil, a net wheat importer, has broken export records in 2021/22

  

  Brazil, among the largest wheat importers in the world, --mainly from Mercosur associates--, is breaking consecutive export records in 2022. In less than six months, until June 20, Brazil exported more than twice as much wheat as in 2021, that is 2.5 million tons vis-a-vis 1.12 million tons in the whole year.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine President tells G7 dialogue was needed to solve Ukraine crisis

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday told attendees at the G7 Summit in Elmau, Germany, that tax havens “generate social hells,” and called for a new international financial architecture that would be inclusive of “the peripheries of the world.”

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Mercosur again divided on Ukraine conflict, Argentina and Brazil not in a WTO list condemning “aggression”

  

  Over 50 WTO members agreed a statement at the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), in full support of Ukraine, and condemning “aggression”. However, Mercosur was divided on the issue, while Uruguay and Paraguay figured among the over fifty, Argentina and Brazil were absent.

• Friday, June 10th 2022 - 21:28 UTC

  Nicaragua opens the door for Russian troops to land in Central America

  

  Nicaragua's regime has reportedly greenlighted the entry of Russian forces into the Central American country, according to a Russian state TV broadcast. “It is time for Russia to deploy something powerful closer to US cities,” host Olga Skabeeva was quoted as saying.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  War in Ukraine to increase LatAm poverty, ECLAC foresees

  

  Poverty in Latin America will grow to 33.7% and extreme poverty to 14.9% this year as a direct consequence of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has warned.