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2022-06-21 19:06:21 And Petro has his own allies in Washington. The president-elect told CNN that he speaks "often" with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and met in person earlier this year with the Progressive Caucus, a group of left-leaning U.S. representatives.

Colombia's president-elect has also spoken of a desire to create a new progressive alliance in South America.

This would likely involve Chile's President Gabriel Boric and Argentina's Alberto Fernandez instead of the three countries considered authoritarian by the U.S.: Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

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2022-06-21 18:29:34 — Pollution victims in Barcarena (PA) take mining company Norsk Hydro to court in the Netherlands On June 24, a hearing in Rotterdam, Netherlands, will assess whether jurisdiction will be accepted for the lawsuit filed by quilombolas and indigenous people… Open / Comment

2022-06-21 18:29:30 — Pollution victims in Barcarena (PA) take mining company Norsk Hydro to court in the Netherlands

On June 24, a hearing in Rotterdam, Netherlands, will assess whether jurisdiction will be accepted for the lawsuit filed by quilombolas and indigenous people from the Pará municipality of Barcarena, Brazil, against Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro. The suit seeks redress for thousands of Amazonian people who have had their health and livelihoods destroyed by pollution.

Represented by the law firm PGMBM, which specializes in collective environmental litigation on an international scale, in partnership with the Brazilian law firm Ismael Morais Advocacia, and the Dutch firm Lemstra van der Korst, nine individuals, together with the Association of Cablocos, Indigenous and Quilombolas of the Amazon - Cainquiama, which represents 11,000 members, are taking their case to Rotterdam in the hope that a judgment in the Dutch courts can bring them the reparations they have so far been unable to obtain in Brazil. Open / Comment

2022-06-21 18:15:12 — Brazilian Military personnel visit the Paraguay Military Academy

On June 15, the Army and Defense Attaché and Head of the Brazilian Military Cooperation in Paraguay (CMBP), Colonel Nilberti Viana Gramosa, and advisors from the CMBP made an institutional visit to the Paraguayan Military Academy Mariscal Francisco Solano López (ACADEMIL).

The visit allowed the exchange of experiences in the conduct of academic activities and reinforced the mutual trust, cooperation, integration, and friendship that unite the members of the CMBP and the Paraguayan Military Forces. Open / Comment

2022-06-21 18:13:44 Urban Operations Center prepares military personnel for international exercise

From June 13 to 15, the 28th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, through the Urban Operations Training Center, conducted instructions for the preparation of 173 military personnel from the 5th Light Infantry Battalion who will participate in exercise CORE 22 (Combined Operations and Rotation Exercises), together with troops from the United States Army.

The purpose of the activity was to contribute to the training and validation of doctrinal aspects of combat in urbanized areas, which will be applied during exercise CORE 22, which will take place in August of this year, at the U.S. Army's Joint Preparedness and Training Center, in Fort PoIk, Louisiana. Combat training was carried out in confined spaces, underground combat, and ostensive patrol. At the end, an offensive and defensive exercise was carried out in an urban area, platoon and company value. Open / Comment

2022-06-21 03:55:55 We spoke with a leftist Venezuelan journalist about the implications of the victory of left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia's presidential election, the easing of a few US sanctions, and Venezuela's 20-year cooperation agreement with Iran.



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2022-06-21 03:49:20 — I just saw a commercial on national television that talked about the need to implement inclusive language throughout society. Duque's government prepares the transition for Petro's government. Open / Comment

2022-06-20 17:50:45 Fernando Borges, Executive Director of Exploration and Production, will be the new manager until the new name is elected and takes office. Open / Comment

2022-06-20 17:36:15 José Mauro Coelho resigns and leaves the presidency and the Board of Directors of Petrobras

Pressured by the government after the readjustment of diesel and gasoline prices, the executive becomes the 2nd longest-serving executive at the head of Petrobras since the re-democratization of the state-owned company. The interim substitute will still be defined by the company's Board of Directors.

"The appointment of an interim president will be examined by Petrobras' Board of Directors from now on," the company said in a statement published at the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM). Open / Comment

2022-06-20 17:15:07 Which countries are involved in the mission?

Directly involved are Ivory Coast, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cameroon, Nigeria and Cape Verde. Besides these countries, which will be visited by our Task Group, other navies will be operating in the region and will participate in the exercises, such as: Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Senegal, Benin, and Togo, among others. Open / Comment