21 Jan 2021
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a staunch conservative and longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, sent a letter to his successor Joe Biden on Wednesday congratulating him on his inauguration and floating the possibility of a new Brazil-U.S. free trade agreement.
The extensive letter, in which Bolsonaro sends Biden his “highest esteem and consideration,” also urges Biden to join Bolsonaro in demanding reform of “international governance” institutions like the United Nations and greater cooperation in science and technology.
Bolsonaro’s statement, which he published in full on Twitter, follows a tempestuous 2020 between the Brazilian president and then-presidential candidate. During a debate against Trump last year, Biden – already struggling to attract Latin American voters – threatened to destroy the Brazilian economy if Bolsonaro did not accept $20 billion to be used for Amazon Rainforest conservation. A baffled Bolsonaro responded by callin
India allows commercial export of COVID vaccines from Friday; first stop Brazil, Morocco
Brazil and Morocco will be the first two countries that are getting the commercial contracted supplies of 20 lakh doses each, of COVID-19 vaccines. An employee removes vials of AstraZeneca s COVISHIELD vaccine from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, in Pune. (File photo: Reuters)
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Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 11:50 PM IST
India has allowed the commercial export of COVID-19 vaccines from Friday, that are manufactured in the country. Brazil and Morocco will be the first two countries that are getting the commercial contracted supplies of 20 lakh doses each with flights leaving at 4.15 am IST and 8 am IST, respectively on Friday.
THE STANDARD By
Surjit Flora |
January 21st 2021 at 17:44:28 GMT +0300
Joe Biden
became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday amid tight security.
Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath to Biden who chose to use the 127-year-old family Bible.
Biden, 78, is the oldest president elected to the US presidency in the country’s nearly 250 year history. Kamala Harris, a woman of African-Indian origin, who was elected the country s first black vice president also took the oath administered by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Just like every storm leaves significant structural damage in its path, the U.S. and its relationship with other nations may never fully be restored after Hurricane Trump.
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