” Unite and help each other to fight the problem of inflation “said Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) in a short communication video posted by the presidency and relayed by the Mexican press. AMLO takes the stage at his office, phone riveted to his ear, calling his Latin American counterparts. The Mexican president wants invite producers, traders and importers on the continent to lower their prices in exchange for the abolition of tariffs and customs barriers in order to boost the internal market “.
” Dealing with rising prices in Latin America, by increasing intra-continental trade “, these are the main lines of the plan detailed by the daily Universal. The anti-inflation summit would be held between April and May, according to the daily Report Indigo. Bringing together Brazil, Cuba, Argentina and Colombia, the group could expand to Chile, Bolivia and Honduras, according The Day. The newspaper DiarioPortal de Mexico sees it as an opportunityto unite the Latin American lefts “.
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In Brazil, a second wind for Bolsa familia
“Un stronger, more effective program to lift Brazil out of hunger, food insecurity and help lift people out of extreme poverty », announces Wellington Dias, the Minister of Development, Social Assistance and the Family. This member of the Workers’ Party, from the Nordeste, one of the poorest regions of Brazil, was appointed by Lula to dust off and renew this flagship program of the left-wing leader, recall the newspaper Piaui Hoje.
Lula breathes new life into his Bolsa familia program to fight poverty. The new version of the program should increase the monthly subsidy for each family to around 715 reals, or 130 euros, compared to 600 reals under the mandate of Jair Bolsonaro, details the daily OGlobo. The former right-wing president had taken over this safety net put in place by Lula. Renamed “Auxillio Brasil”, the program was then its social guarantee, critical the Folha of Sao Paolo. The measure already affects just over 20 million Brazilians below the poverty line. From now on, the new left-wing government led by Lula wishes to broaden the base of beneficiaries in the long term. One hundred and fifty additional reals will also be allocated for each child from 0 to 6 years old, continues the Folha of Sao Paolo.
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Tensions for the Falkland Islands
Argentina announces the end of the pact signed in 2016 with the United Kingdom on the Falklands. Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero announced this to his British counterpart on Thursday. Buenos Aires ends the Foradori-Duncan pact, reveals the daily La Prensa. This agreement granted concessions to the United Kingdom concerning the exploitation of natural resources on the Falkland Islands.
Great Britain had received the green light to exploit hydrocarbons, for fishing, trade and navigation in the waters bordering Argentina. “ The government has finally ended a scandalous agreement signed by the administration of Mauricio Macri », castigates the newspaper Pagina12, in reference to the conservative ex-president. Since the war that opposed them in 1982, the two countries have been at loggerheads around this small archipelago in the Atlantic. The Falklands are now controlled by England, but Argentina still claims sovereignty over this territory.
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New UN envoy for Haiti
A new special representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations has been appointed to follow the Haitian file. Maria Isabel Salvador, originally from Ecuador, was appointed in the context of a multidimensional crisis, title The National. The Haitian press looks back on the career of the diplomat who was Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs. She succeeds the American Helen Meagher LaLime, with a much criticized record, even ” calamitous ” according Alterpress. ” The situation has gotten worse in every way. The gangs have grown stronger, Port-au-Prince is besieged, has become the capital of kidnapping and the police are ineffective “, we read in the columns of the newspaper.
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