President Xiomara Castro announced it herself on her Twitter account. El Hondudiario publishes a montage of his photo and the Chinese flag, the main star of which falls directly on the face of the president. Xiomara Castro, according to the newspaper, the president ” seeks other political allies, considering that his current friends do not allow him to carry out his communist plans “. In El Tiempothe president affirms that by this decision, she wants carry out the plan of the government and expand the borders of the country freely in the concert of nations “. Once Noticias recalls that ” Honduras was one of fourteen countries that still recognized Taiwan “.
In January, Taiwan began to announce its ” concern in the face of the rapprochement between Honduras and the People’s Republic of China – since the secretary of foreign relations and international cooperation of Honduras, Eduardo Reina had met the Chinese vice-minister of foreign relations. Eduardo Reina had then, recalls El Hondudiarioexplain that ““the idea is that the Chinese government can finance projects”particularly for the construction of dams “. The Taiwanese ambassador in Tegucigalpa says that Beijing is doing ” false promises to diminish the international presence of Taiwan, which for years has been launching projects that improve the lives of the Honduran people “.
Ties between Taiwan and Honduras date back to 1941, recalls El Tiempo, which lists the Latin American countries which in recent years have severed relations with Taiwan in favor of the People’s Republic of China: Panama, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Today, consider El Hondudiario“ it is almost certain that Honduras will sever its relations with Taiwan “.
Diplomatic crisis between Ecuador and Argentina: Quito expels the Argentine ambassador
” Argentine Ambassador Gabriel Fuks said “persona non grata”, is the headline of the Ecuadorian newspaper Espresso. A diplomatic crisis that arises, explains El Comercio, of the escape of Maria Duarte, a refugee for two years in the Argentine embassy in Quito – she had been convicted of corruption. And it’s official, she’s now in Argentina, writes El Mercurio. ” Duarte’s flight strains relations with Argentina », headline Espresso, after the government of Ecuador therefore declared ” persona non grata Argentine Ambassador Gabriel Fuks writes The Universe. A decision described as ” incomprehensible by Argentine Foreign Affairs, which in turn decided to expel the Ecuadorian ambassador to the country, writes El Comercio. In Argentina, The Nation explains that the Ecuadorian government suspects Argentina of having helped ” either way Maria Duarte to flee, given the links between the former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa, of which she was minister, and the Argentine government. Particularly with the vice-president Christina Kirchner, specifies the newspaper, which a few days ago still celebrated the triumph of the candidates of the party of the ex-president during the Ecuadorian regional elections.
Record inflation in Argentina
In Argentina, inflation rose by 6.6% in February, writes Clarina number ” very bad “, recognizes the Ministry of the Economy. Year on year, inflation stands at 102.5%, the worst figure since October 1991. The newspaper publishes a table of increases since 2022: 102.6% for food and non-alcoholic beverages, 95.4% for health… The Nation offers an investigation into the drama of buying, selling and surviving in a country with 100% inflation “. The newspaper recalls that in the country it has averaged 43% since 1945, and is transferred “ from one generation to another. »