(2023-04-03). Brazil & China Sign Trade Deals in Local Currency. orinocotribune.com Brazil's state-owned company for the promotion of exports and investments, ApexBrasil, announced on Wednesday the beginning of the establishment of bilateral trade between China and Brazil in local currencies, directly between the Chinese Yuan and the Brazilian Real, excluding the US dollar as a method of payment. | During the Brazil-China Economic Seminar, held in Beijing, two initial agreements were signed to implement the mechanism. The first agreement establishes that the Brazilian bank BBM, based in the city of Salvador and under the control of the Chinese Bank of Communications (Bocom), enters the China Int…
(2023-04-03). Political Crisis In Ecuador: President Lasso To Face Impeachment. popularresistance.org Ecuador is on the way to an impeachment trial against its neo liberal president, Guillermo Lasso. This Wednesday, the Constitutional Court listened to the voice of parliamentarians, workers, Indigenous people, and many other citizens of Ecuador and admitted, in part, the demand for an impeachment trial of the banker turned president, Lasso, for the alleged crime of embezzlement. | Ecuador's National Assembly overcame the first filter of the Legislative Administration Council (CAL), formed by seven assembly members, who are mostly from the opposition parties. CAL approved the impeachment request and sent the docum…
(2023-04-03). UN Security Council Won't Probe Nord Stream Bombing. transcend.org 28 Mar 2023 – The UNSC voted yesterday against a Russian effort to get an independent investigation into the bombings of the Nord Stream pipelines. The only members that voted in favor of the resolution were Russia, China and Brazil. The remaining 12 members abstained from the vote–including the US, the likely culprit of the attacks. Politics as usual.
(2023-04-03). Attorney General Saab: New Arrests in CVG Corruption Case. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab, reported this Sunday that new arrests have been made with regards to the corruption case being carried out against the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG). The information was released by the prosecutor through his social media accounts. | Up until then, the comprehensive list of detainees were: Executive Vice President of the CVG Lino Mora, Vice President of Finance Tulio Medina, Traffic and Customs Manager Carlos Moreno, Office Manager Johan Sequera and Manager of Legal Affairs Isaac Mouhamad Salazar. | #NuevosDETENIDOS por caso de (2023-04-03). Chinese Currency Displaces Euro in Brazil's Foreign Reserves. orinocotribune.com The Chinese currency, referred to as the yuan, surpassed the euro and became the second most important currency of Brazil's foreign reserves in 2022, according to a report published this Friday by the Central Bank of the South American country. | Until 2019, the yuan was virtually absent from Brazil's foreign exchange reserves. However, by the end of 2022, the Chinese currency came to represent 5.37% of the holdings of the Brazilian Central Bank, surpassing the 4.74% share of the euro. In 2021 the share of the yuan constituted 4.99% and that of the euro 5.04%. | Meanwhile, the US dollar continues to dominate, hol…
(2023-04-03). Concerns over violence ahead of Colombia's local elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's Inspector General's Office urged the government to protect the lives of community leaders and rights defenders ahead of local elections that are set for October. In a press statement,…
(2023-04-03). Brazil & China Sign Trade Deals in Local Currency. orinocotribune.com Brazil's state-owned company for the promotion of exports and investments, ApexBrasil, announced on Wednesday the beginning of the establishment of bilateral trade between China and Brazil in local currencies, directly between the Chinese Yuan and the Brazilian Real, excluding the US dollar as a method of payment. | During the Brazil-China Economic Seminar, held in Beijing, two initial agreements were signed to implement the mechanism. The first agreement establishes that the Brazilian bank BBM, based in the city of Salvador and under the control of the Chinese Bank of Communications (Bocom), enters the China Int…
(2023-04-03). Political Crisis In Ecuador: President Lasso To Face Impeachment. popularresistance.org Ecuador is on the way to an impeachment trial against its neo liberal president, Guillermo Lasso. This Wednesday, the Constitutional Court listened to the voice of parliamentarians, workers, Indigenous people, and many other citizens of Ecuador and admitted, in part, the demand for an impeachment trial of the banker turned president, Lasso, for the alleged crime of embezzlement. | Ecuador's National Assembly overcame the first filter of the Legislative Administration Council (CAL), formed by seven assembly members, who are mostly from the opposition parties. CAL approved the impeachment request and sent the docum…
(2023-04-03). UN Security Council Won't Probe Nord Stream Bombing. transcend.org 28 Mar 2023 – The UNSC voted yesterday against a Russian effort to get an independent investigation into the bombings of the Nord Stream pipelines. The only members that voted in favor of the resolution were Russia, China and Brazil. The remaining 12 members abstained from the vote–including the US, the likely culprit of the attacks. Politics as usual.
(2023-04-03). Attorney General Saab: New Arrests in CVG Corruption Case. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab, reported this Sunday that new arrests have been made with regards to the corruption case being carried out against the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG). The information was released by the prosecutor through his social media accounts. | Up until then, the comprehensive list of detainees were: Executive Vice President of the CVG Lino Mora, Vice President of Finance Tulio Medina, Traffic and Customs Manager Carlos Moreno, Office Manager Johan Sequera and Manager of Legal Affairs Isaac Mouhamad Salazar. | #NuevosDETENIDOS por caso de (2023-04-03). Chinese Currency Displaces Euro in Brazil's Foreign Reserves. orinocotribune.com The Chinese currency, referred to as the yuan, surpassed the euro and became the second most important currency of Brazil's foreign reserves in 2022, according to a report published this Friday by the Central Bank of the South American country. | Until 2019, the yuan was virtually absent from Brazil's foreign exchange reserves. However, by the end of 2022, the Chinese currency came to represent 5.37% of the holdings of the Brazilian Central Bank, surpassing the 4.74% share of the euro. In 2021 the share of the yuan constituted 4.99% and that of the euro 5.04%. | Meanwhile, the US dollar continues to dominate, hol…
(2023-04-03). Concerns over violence ahead of Colombia's local elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's Inspector General's Office urged the government to protect the lives of community leaders and rights defenders ahead of local elections that are set for October. In a press statement,…
(2023-04-03). Denuncian coerción y dictadura sindical en protestas en Bolivia. telesurtv.net El ministro de Educación de Bolivia denunció que el paro fue forzado y contaminando con actores políticos del Comité Nacional de Defensa de la Democracia.
(2023-04-03). Venezuela rechaza reciente declaración del fiscal de la CPI. telesurtv.net En un comunicado emitido por la Cancillería se indicó que Venezuela ratifica que seguirá ejerciendo todas las acciones pertinentes, para divulgar la verdad y defender sus derechos como nación.
(2023-04-03). Comisión parlamentaria de Ecuador debatirá juicio contra Lasso. telesurtv.net Guillermo Lasso afirmó que presentará su defensa ante la Asamblea Nacional de concretarse el juicio político que podría poner fin a su mandato.
(2023-04-03). Presidente Fernández encabeza acto a 41 años de la Guerra de Malvinas. telesurtv.net En una ceremonia oficial, el presidente sostuvo que Argentina va a recupera la soberanía de las islas Malvinas por la vía pacífica.
(2023-04-03). Indepaz reporta la masacre número 28 durante 2023 en Colombia. telesurtv.net Por su parte, el Secretario de Seguridad, Óscar Gómez Heredia, hizo un llamado por el respeto a la vida luego de estos hechos.
(2023-04-03). Asciende a 28 la cifra de fallecidos por alud en Ecuador. telesurtv.net Según la Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos, al menos 61 personas continúan desaparecidas y 32 han sido rescatadas.
(2023-04-03). Gustavo Manrique asume como nuevo canciller de Ecuador. telesurtv.net El nuevo canciller se comprometió a continuar el trabajo de regularización de ciudadanos extranjeros y a combatir las redes de trata de personas.
(2023-04-03). Presidente ecuatoriano autoriza tenencia de armas de uso civil. telesurtv.net Como parte de las medidas para combatir la inseguridad, Guillermo Lasso declaró el estado de excepción en las provincias de Guayas, Los Ríos y Santa Elena.
(2023-04-03). Fiscalía venezolana detiene a implicados en caso de corrupción. telesurtv.net Se trata de nueve funcionarios de la Corporación Venezolana de Guayana. Gobierno designa a junta interventora en dicha empresa.