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Argentina: Prosecutor Accuses Socialist VP of Massive Corruption

Argentine socialist Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner once again faced charges of extreme corruption this week, the Argentine news site Infobae reported on Monday, citing accusations by prosecutor Diego Luciani that Fernández engaged in an “extraordinary” level of corruption during her presidency from 2007 to 2015.

Former President and current Senator Cristina Fernandez speaks during the first day of the

Venezuela: Socialists Offer Iran Massive Farmland Giveaway

Iran’s deputy interior minister for economic affairs Mohsen Kousheshtabar announced to Iran’s Tasnim News agency on July 26 that the socialist regime of Venezuela has ceded one million hectares of the South American nation’s farmlands to the Islamic regime for the cultivation and growing of food.

A farm worker checks a harvesting machine unloading corn into a container, at a corn field

Chinese Drug Traffickers Set Up Shop in Belt and Road Chile

A Chinese drug trafficking syndicate known as the “Bang de Fujian” has been building a high-tech indoor marijuana cultivating empire in Chile since at least 2020, multiple news reports in the country confirmed this week, citing the Investigations Police of Chile (PDI).

A worker wearing protective gear trims a plant at the Pideka SAS medical cannabis cultivat

South American Trade Bloc Mercosur Rejects Zelensky Speaking Request

The government of Paraguay confirmed on Wednesday that it did not accept a request by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address Thursday’s Mercosur summit, a rare rejection of a head of state who has made video appearances at international events critical to war efforts against invading Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a press conference with the heads of state of

Report: Putin Sends Cuba 700,000 Barrels of Fuel Oil

A Liberia-flagged tanker carrying about 700,000 barrels of Russian fuel oil arrived in Cuba last week, the Latin American news website Infobae reported on Sunday, noting that the shipment demonstrated that Moscow was not only supporting Cuba’s communist regime but also finding outlets for oil stock shunned by the West in response to Russia’s latest war with Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel at the

Cuba: Hundreds Take to the Streets to Protest Near-Daily Blackouts

Hundreds of people took to the streets of western Pinar del Río, Cuba, on Thursday night to protest routine blackouts that have made life impossible for much of the island – the same night a separate crowd formed in Havana after a homeless woman and her daughters reportedly blocked traffic to protest their eviction.

A man lights a candle during a blackout in Havana, on May 25, 2022. - The main thermoelect

Brazil Seeks $2.7 Billion Investment for Lithium Production

Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy said on Thursday that it hopes to attract over $2.7 billion in foreign investments to develop its lithium industry by the end of this decade. Lithium is a vital component for batteries, including those employed by electric vehicles.

From left, electric cars from Nissan, Tesla, and Toyota are presented at a news conference