Issue Apr 17-23 2024: Former president of Uruguay José Mujica criticized the United Nations (UN) as being “bankrupt, insipid, and costly.”

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: On Monday, April 22, the Nicaraguan government made a deal allowing a Chinese company, Xinxin Linze Minería Group, to explore and exploit the minerals of the Caribbean coast for the next 25 years.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: Rupert Schlegelmilch, the EU’s chief negotiator for a free-trade deal with the Mercosur bloc, says he is hoping to close this deal “as soon as possible,” pinpointing “June or July” as a possible date.