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Buenos Aires, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday called in Argentina to finalize the integration of Latin America and the Caribbean, and assured that a stage of hope begins after the triumph of progressive and left-wing movements.

Argentinas Defense Minister Jorge Taiana undertook negotiations earlier this week with Brazil for the purchase of 156 Iveco Guarani 6x6 armored vehicles, it was reported. South Americas largest country already has 500 units of the same model.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Wednesday in Montevideo that he agreed to open up Mercosur and pursue a free trade agreement (FTA) with China.

La Paz, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The presidents of Bolivia, Luis Arce, and Colombia, Gustavo Petro, highlighted today the importance of the Bi-Oceanic Railway Corridor for regional integration in their speeches at the 7th Celac Summit in Argentina.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva landed Sunday shortly after 9 pm Buenos Aires Aeroparque Jorge Newbery to hold a series of state meetings with local authorities on Monday and attend the VII summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) on Tuesday.

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez Thursday delivered a controversial speech before the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, which was anything but pleasing and obliging to the hosting country.

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro Friday thanked Argentine President Alberto Fernández for his message at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, a gathering from which Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have been excluded by the hosting country.

Havana, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel called here on Friday for a change in the rules of hemispheric relations, at the inaguration of the 21st ALBA-TCP Summit.

In the absence of Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero who had to isolate himself after having been a close contact during last weeks Celac Summit of his Bolivian colleague Rogelio Mayta, who tested positive for COVID-19, Malvinas, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Secretary Guillermo Carmona presided over Mondays ceremony where the 2021-2022 Antarctic Annual Plan was launched.

Just one day after Bolivias ruling party Movement Towards Socialism was reported to have opened up an office in Peruvian territory, Perus President Pedro Castillo Terrones has filed the customary petition before Congress to be allowed to travel to La Paz, Oct. 30 to participate in the “Presidential and VI Binational Ministerial Cabinet Bolivia - Peru Meeting.”