Section: Latin America
International Analysis — Controlling Brazil’s Amazonian Deforestation
Op-Ed by Philip Fearnside — The Mark News Brazil’s Amazonian deforestation declined dramatically from 2004 to2012, and many have been quick to claim credit for the improvement. The Brazilian government has repeatedly claimed that the change is thanks to inspections and fines for illegal clearing, and soy multinationals claim their supply...
Russia, Ukraine, EU energy chief seek gas deal in Brussels
Energy ministers of Russia and Ukriane were meeting in Brussels for talks brokered by the European Union’s energy commissioner, aiming to resolve an impasse over natural gas supplies. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Russia, Ukraine, EU seek gas deal in Brussels
Energy ministers of Russia and Ukriane were meeting in Brussels for talks brokered by the European Union’s energy commissioner, aiming to resolve an impasse over natural gas supplies. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says it’s agreed interim gas price with Russia
Ukraine’s and Russia’s leaders have reached a preliminary agreement on a price for gas supplies this winter but Kiev may need international help to pay, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said today. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talks
MILAN, (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine made progress yesterday towards resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine. The mooted deal could re-open Russian gas to Ukraine cut off since […] …read more...
Ukraine president accepts embattled defence minister’s resignation
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has accepted the resignation of his defence minister who has been under fire over a rout of government forces in the east which led to Kiev calling a ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Putin orders Russian troop withdrawal from Ukrainian border
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in a sign of some tension easing before a key meeting next week. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Will Ukraine commit economic suicide?
Ukraine is on the brink of committing economic suicide after imposing a crippling 55% tax on private gas producers, while parliament prepares to vote on next year’s budget, which aims for a continuation of the same. …read more Source:...
NATO can put troops wherever it wants, new secretary-general says
WARSAW, (Reuters) – New NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday that the Western alliance could deploy its forces wherever it wants, apparently calling into question post-Cold War agreements that have been shaken by Russia’s actions in Crimea and Ukraine. Stoltenberg was visiting NATO member Poland to reassure it that...
Ukraine says its forces killed 12 rebels at Donetsk airport
Pro-Russian separatists have suffered their worst casualties since a ceasefire officially began on September 5, losing 12 men in attacks on buildings at Donetsk airport, Ukrainian military officials have said. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
