United States

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Lula and Biden agree on the importance of democracy and the environment

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met Friday with his US colleague Joseph Biden at the White House barely over a month after rioters stormed the South American country's capital seeking to promote a coup d'état.

• Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Lula lands in Washington for Biden meeting

  

  Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva arrived Thursday in the United States for a meeting at the White House with his US colleague Joseph Biden Friday, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

  Lula da Silva will be visiting the White House on Friday: long list of issues in the bilateral agenda

  

  United States President Joe Biden will be receiving Brazilian president Lula da Silva in the White House on Friday. The meeting is intended “to further strengthen the close relationship between the United States and Brazil,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

• Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 09:47 UTC

  UN delegate busy fighting corruption in Asunción

  

  The regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the Andean Region and the Southern Cone (Undoc), Candice Welsch, has had a busy agenda in Asunción. She held separate meetings with US Ambassador Marc Ostfield and also with the Paraguayan Secretariat for the Prevention of Money Laundering (Seprelad). In both encounters, corruption and money laundering were the main topics.

• Sunday, February 5th 2023 - 09:16 UTC

  US shoots down Chinese spying balloon on Biden's orders

  

  The United States Air Force Saturday shot down a spying balloon belonging to China while it was flying over territorial waters in the Atlantic Ocean, Washington confirmed. At the time it was shot down, it was reported to be about 18 km above sea level and 11 km off the coast.

• Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:50 UTC

  Alleged Chinese “spy” balloon causing further rift between Washington and Beijing

  

  US authorities said they detected a Chinese spy balloon flying over Latin America in addition to the one already spotted over US airspace which has triggered further diplomatic discrepancies between Washington and Beijing.

• Friday, February 3rd 2023 - 09:53 UTC

  US State Dept. official confirms clearance for Paraguayan beef moving forward

  

  Negotiations for Paraguayan beef to land in the United States are at an advanced stage, US State Department Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Affairs Baxter Hunt told Deputy Foreign Minister Raúl Silvero Silvagni, it was reported Thursday in Asunción.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Fed admits inflation cooling, but more evidence needed that “the disinflationary process has started”

  

  The Federal Reserve following a two day meeting announced it decided on Wednesday to raise its key interest rate a quarter point arguing that although inflation is easing it is still too high, and did not discard further rate hikes could be needed since more evidence is needed to be confident inflation is in a sustained downward path. The increase was the eighth since March.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Four key suspects in Haitian president's murder extradited to US

  

  Four suspects of the July 7, 2021, slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were flown to the United States Tuesday to stand trial, the US Department of Justice announced.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 09:34 UTC

  Bolsonaro applies for six-month tourist US visa

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a tourist visa to stay in the United States for another six months, it was reported Monday.