Nicaragua’s decision to support Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the presidency of CELAC revealed bilateral tensions between Managua and Buenos Aires. What are the real motives? What other countries are involved in this impasse? What about the left in Latin America? On the surface On July 30, 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua reported, ...
On August 23, 2021, two decrees relating to “Determine the maritime jurisdictional areas” of the aforementioned trans-Andean country were published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile, one of these decrees (CVE 2000795) implies an overlap in the delimitation of sovereign territories of the Argentine Republic, more specifically about: 5 thousand square kilometers belonging to the Argentine continental ...
The United States and its NATO allies have completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation and presence on August 31. US President Biden dedicated major parts of a speech held on the same day to the evacuation efforts, describing these as an “extraordinary success”. Biden said the “assumption — that the Afghan government would be able to ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. The first topic were the 30th of August Victory Day celebrations throughout the country and celebration messages by leaders. The second was the announcement of the continuation of exploratory talks between the Egyptian delegation, headed by the deputy Foreign Minister, and their Turkish counterparts. The third ...
The Fener (Istanbul) Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Ukraine (20-24 August) has already caused reactions from the Russian Orthodox Church. As I wrote in my previous articles, tensions between Istanbul and Moscow Patriarchates turned into a serious conflict and resulted in the termination of relations between these two significant churches of the Orthodox world because of the situation in Ukraine. In ...