(2023-12-11). Nigeria Expresses Interest to Join BRICS Nations. infobrics.org Following the BRICS 2023 annual summit's announcement of a six-country expansion plan and Argentina's unexpected decline, Nigeria has expressed its ambition to join the economic alliance…
(2023-12-11). Expanding BRICS for Numerical Strength or Ensuring Qualitative Geopolitical Influence. infobrics.org As stipulated by the guidelines, Russia takes over BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa] from January 2024. With the heightening of geopolitical tensions, Russia's priority focus is on the group's possible enlargement to counter U.S. hegemony. It plans to push seriously for critical reforms in the international financial architecture and create a solidified platform for building an equitable multipolar world order…
(2023-12-11). The Social Security Reform coming into force in 2024 introduces changes regarding the retirement age in Brazil. tvbrics.com 
Employees intending to retire must be aware of the rules established…
(2023-12-11). Argentina's Milei Warns Of 'Shock' Austerity As He Takes Office. latintimes.com Latin America's third-biggest economy is on its knees after decades of debt and financial mismanagement, with annual inflation at 140% and 40% of Argentines living in poverty.
(2023-12-11). MST sends another donation of 11 tons of food to families in Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org Amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, the movement fighting for agrarian reform has worked with Brazil's federal government to send food aid to the besieged enclave…
(2023-12-11). Essequibo and ExxonMobil: A Tale of Imperialism and Undermining of the Bolivarian Revolution By: Lema Maiwand. midwesternmarx.com 
As a collective, we need to seriously re-evaluate the contexts in which we use the terms "sovereignty", "self-determination", and "imperialism", especially when it's devoid of historical analysis/context and in service of imperialist designs. We are at the point of the news cycle (again), where every two years or so, there is global denunciation and vilification of Venezuela, and even stronger calls for military intervention in the country. F …
(2023-12-11). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Thanks CELAC and CARICOM for Supporting Dialogue with Guyana. orinocotribune.com CELAC and CARICOM helped to bring about the high-level meeting between the presidents of Venezuela and Guyana on December 14. | Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, thanked the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the efforts these organizations took to promote dialogue between Venezuela and Guyana. | The chancellor emphasized that the intervention of both multilateral bodies made possible the high-level meeting to be held by presidents Nicolás Maduro and Irfaan Ali next Thursday, December 14, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. | In a m…
(2023-12-11). Could the U.S. Become Involved in a War Between Venezuela and Guyana? fpif.org The United States has taken the first steps in becoming involved in a potential war between Venezuela and Guyana. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela is claiming the territory of the oil-rich Essequibo region of neighboring Guyana, a claim recently backed by a referendum. Maduro then produced a new Venezuelan map that includes Essequibo as a new state. A 1996 agreement between the two countries gives the United Nations International Court of Justice the power to resolve disputes, but Maduro has rejected its involvement. All of this is seen as a prelude to military action to take over the province and its petrol…
(2023-12-11). Essequibo Dispute: Venezuela and Guyana Agree on Presidential Meeting. orinocotribune.com
(2023-12-11). Guyana, Venezuela Presidents To Meet Thursday On Border Row. latintimes.com Tension has soared over Essequibo, which has historically been controlled by Guyana, since Maduro's government held a controversial referendum last weekend in which 95 percent of voters supported declaring Venezuela its rightful owner, according to official results.
(2023-12-11). Headlines for December 11, 2023. democracynow.org Displacement, Disease and Death Plague Gazans as Israel Continues Its Genocidal Assault, UNGA to Convene on Gaza Ceasefire After U.S. Vetoes Security Council Resolution, UPenn President Steps Down Amid Right-Wing Firestorm over Pro-Palestinian Movement on Campuses, COP28 Seeks Agreement on Fossil Fuel Phaseout Amid OPEC Pushback, TX Supreme Court Blocks Emergency Abortion; Kentucky Patient Challenges Abortion Ban, Oxford High School Shooter Sentenced to a Life Behind Bars, "There Is No Alternative to Shock": Far-Right Javier Milei Sworn In as President of Argentina, Children of Jailed Iranian Activist…
(2023-12-11). Díaz-Canel sends condolences and solidarity to Brazil due to fire. plenglish.com Havana, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed on Monday his condolences and solidarity to his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, and also to his people, due to the fire that occurred in the Amazonian state of Pará.
(2023-12-11). Forest fires declared under control in Valparaiso, Chile. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) The three main forest fires that broke out over the weekend in the Chilean region of Valparaiso are under control, Sofia Gonzalez, the presidential delegate in that area, said today when making an assessment of the situation.
(2023-12-11). More than 20 Ibero-American countries attend MSMEs forum in Colombia. plenglish.com Bogota, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) The sixth Ibero-American Forum of MSMEs begins in Medellin, some 420 kilometers northwest of this capital, with the participation of representatives of the public and private sector from 22 countries, an authorized source informed.
(2023-12-11). Cámara de Diputados de Bolivia aprueba Presupuesto del Estado. telesurtv.net La propuesta aprobada prevé un crecimiento del 3,71 por ciento del PIB, lo que representa un aumento de 3.000 millones de dólares con respecto al presupuesto del año 2023.
(2023-12-11). Argentina — El día después de mañana. globalizacion.ca En el fondo, bien en el fondo, casi lo único que hizo Javier Milei este mediodía fue reiterar las frases hechas, tecnocráticas y de aspiración filosófica, que viene recitando hace años en los medios que lo promovieron. No hubo detalles…
(2023-12-11). Argentina — El ajuste que pagan los de siempre. globalizacion.ca En su primer discurso como Presidente Javier Milei anunció al país una "nueva era de paz y prosperidad, de libertad y de progreso", basada en "la libertad" ( °carajo!) y "dejando atrás las ideas empobrecedoras del colectivismo". | Como era previsible la…
(2023-12-11). Tomar la palabra, el arma para construir la paz en Colombia. globalizacion.ca Las prácticas de comunicación popular—sindical, indígena, comunitaria, de voces surgidas desde la resistencia, gritos revolucionarios- fueron siempre manifestación de un proyecto emancipatorio, de búsqueda de cambio, de liberación, de los sectores que sufren cualquier tipo de dominación. | Surge para disputar,…
(2023-12-11). Citan a interrogatorio a hombre que amenazó de muerte a Gustavo Petro. telesurtv.net Fiscalía realizará dicha diligencia el próximo 13 de diciembre "con el fin de avanzar en el esclarecimiento de estos hechos y realizar la respectiva judicialización".
(2023-12-11). Disminuye cantidad de evacuados por inundaciones en Uruguay. telesurtv.net Ante el retiro del nivel de las aguas del río que va bajando más allá de la cota de seguridad, varios damnificados han ido regresando a sus hogares.
(2023-12-11). Javier Milei toma posesión como presidente de Argentina. telesurtv.net El ultraderechista inicia este domingo su mandato de cuatro años en la Casa Rosada.
(2023-12-11). Desbordamiento de ríos en Ecuador deja 400 damnificados. telesurtv.net En días pasados, se realizó una reunión del Comité de Operaciones de Emergencia Cantonal, para articular acciones y atender a los damnificados.
(2023-12-11). Presidentes de Venezuela y Guyana abordarán cara a cara tema sobre el Esequibo. telesurtv.net Dirigentes de la Celac y el Caricom han evaluado "la necesidad urgente de reducir la escalada del conflicto e instituir un diálogo apropiado cara a cara" entre los presidentes.
(2023-12-11). Represión policial deja tres detenidos en el sur de Perú. telesurtv.net Los agentes policiales reprimieron al grupo de manifestantes cuando intentaban bloquear un sector de la carretera Panamericana.
(2023-12-11). Reportan más de cinco movimientos telúricos en Perú. telesurtv.net El primer sismo se registró sobre las 22H38 del sábado 9 de diciembre, con magnitud de 4.6.