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  • Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 08:58 UTC

    Brazil hopeful of de-globalization, as US/China technology clash escalates

    The world is going through a period of confrontation between the old hegemonic superpower, the USA, and an emerging superpower, China

    Brazil did not enjoy the globalization process that started in the 1980s to its fullest potential. Still, it may have a second chance now amid the current de-globalization process – essentially an adjustment of globalization.

  • Monday, October 30th 2023 - 17:36 UTC

    The Wavertree and the Endurance; talk at South Street Seaport Museum, New York

    Mensun Bound and Captain Jonathan Boulware beneath the bow of the Wavertree

    On Tuesday, September 26th, at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York, Falkland Islander, Mensun Bound gave a lecture followed by a book signing of The Ship Beneath the Ice – The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance. The event occurred onboard the Wavertree, an old square rigger condemned at Port Stanley in 1910. This gathering was the culmination of a year-long book tour spanning the UK, USA, Canada, and parts of Europe and Scandinavia, during which time the book rose to Number 2 in the UK Best-Seller List.

  • Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Maine massacre perpetrator found dead

    Sauschuck declined to answer questions about warnings police may have received about Card before the shootings

    Authorities in the US State of Maine said that Robert Card, the alleged perpetrator of back-to-back shooting sprees late Wednesday that left 18 people dead and dozens wounded has been found dead, it was reported Friday.

  • Thursday, October 26th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

    Mass shooting spree leaves at least 22 dead in US State of Maine

    Maine State Police Commissioner Michael Sauschuck told reporters late Wednesday that the search for a person of interest was still ongoing

    At least 22 people have been reported dead Wednesday following yet another shooting spree. This time around it was Lewiston in Androscoggin County, Maine, some 35 miles north of Portland. The suspected perpetrator of the attack remained at large in the early hours of Thursday.

  • Thursday, October 26th 2023 - 09:56 UTC

    UN Security Council rejects US draft resolution

    The UN body failed once again to pass a resolution despite Vieira's warning: “This Council must rise to the challenge we face”

    Russia and China exercised their veto power on Wednesday and therefore the United Nations (UN) Security Council rejected a proposed resolution by the United States on the conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas. The document had received the nod from ten countries while chairing Brazil abstained, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, October 26th 2023 - 09:15 UTC

    Mike Johnson becomes new Speaker of US House of Representatives

    “We want our allies around the world to know that this body of lawmakers is reporting again to our duty stations,” said Johnson with the ongoing Middle East crisis in mind

    Republican Congressman Mike Johnson of Lousiana was sworn in Wednesday as the 56th Speaker of the US House of Representatives after seemingly endless weeks of internal squabbling among his party's lawmakers.

  • Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    US troops to perform joint exercises in Brazilian Amazon

    The visiting troops will be carrying state-of-the-art weapons, sensors, optical devices, as well as control and communication technology

    US troops will be commencing Tuesday a training exercise in Brazil's Eastern Amazon area, Agencia Brasil reported. Operation Core (Combined Operation and Rotation Exercise) 23, which stems from a bilateral defense deal signed in 2015, will bring together 294 US military personnel with the Brazilian Army from Oct. 24 to Nov. 20 in Belém, the capital of the Northern state of Pará, as well as in the municipalities of Ferreira Gomes, Oiapoque, and Macapá, in Amapá state.

  • Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 05:31 UTC

    China denies US accusations of illegal fishing in South Atlantic; names Uruguay, a reliable friend, as witness

    Chinese jiggers in the port of Montevideo resupplying

    A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Montevideo published an official release denying United States attacks on Beijing fishing practices, 'bordering on illegal in the South Atlantic', praises the good relations with Uruguay, and commits to keep strengthening close economic and trade links, in multiple areas including measures to combat illegal fishing.

  • Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 09:35 UTC

    Security Council rejects Brazil’s proposal regarding Israel-Hamas conflict

    US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield was disappointed Brazil's initiative did not mention Israel's right to self defense

    The United Nations (UN) Security Council Wednesday rejected by 12 votes to one and two abstentions Brazil's proposal of humanitarian pauses in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian extremist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, October 17th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Biden to travel to Israel while Washington might ease sanctions against pro-Palestine Venezuela

    Israel has the right to defend itself, Blinken insisted

    While US President Joseph Biden announced Monday he would be traveling to Israel this coming Wednesday to express his country's support in light of Hamas' attacks, his administration hinted sanctions against Venezuela would be eased if free and fair elections are held in 2024. Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has forcefully expressed his support for the Palestinian cause and against Israel.