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During a three-day state visit, Chinese President Xi Jinping held friendly talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a show of unity, as both countries increasingly seek to position themselves as leaders of what they call a “multipolar world order,” one that challenges U.S.-centric alliances and agreements. Among those agreements is the petrodollar, which has been in place for over 50 years. In case you’re wondering, “petrodollars” are not a real currency. They’re simply dollars being used to trade oil. Early in the 1970s, the U.S. government provided economic aid to Saudi Arabia, its chief oil-producing rival, in exchange for...

Despite the fact the Western Alliance have created the policy that will deliver pain to their citizens, not a single government leader will look at this move as a bad thing.The pain will not be felt by the elites, it will only hit the citizenry. Lowered oil production outputs that drive up gasoline prices and fuel inflationary drivers, expedite the Build Back Better narrative and objective.However, that said, in context to this announcement, a pain that will hit the Western economies of the alliance represented in yellow, the last 18 months of moves by Mexico makes President Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador...

The future of the dollar and other US/Euro news from Palki Sharma - Indian journalist on geopolitics

Bangladesh could soon start trading with India using rupee instead of US dollar, trial for which has been done by Bangladesh Bank recently, reports UNB. The ministry of commerce has placed a written recommendation at the last cabinet meeting regarding the possibility and opportunity of using rupee instead of dollar. Currently Bangladesh exports goods to India worth around USD 2 billion. “The use of rupee will start with Bangladesh's $2 billion trade with India. Bangladesh Bank has almost finished all kinds of trials in this regard. Trading in rupee will be introduced in both countries only after bilateral decision on...

What could go wrong? You elect a leftist in Brazil, China comes calling and the U.S. president is too busy with what he calls equity. Well, the Brazilians sing you a samba called "adeus norte-americano" or goodbye, North American. Yes, nice knowing you and your "Dinheiro" (money) but we are turning "chinês" (chinese). To paraphrase that song from the 1980s, Brazil is turning Chinese -- I really think so.Well, here is the story: The deal, announced Wednesday, will enable China and Brazil to carry out trade and financial transactions directly, exchanging yuan for reais -- or vice versa -- rather...

ATLAS LITHIUM CEO TO PRESENT AT PDAC 2023 CONFERENCE – Atlas Lithium Attends PDAC 2023 as Part of the Official Brazilian Delegation – BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL--(March 2, 2023) – Atlas Lithium Corporation (NASDAQ: ATLX) (“Atlas Lithium” or the “Company”), a hard-rock lithium company developing its initial mine and processing facility in Brazil, is pleased to announce that Marc Fogassa, its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has been invited to present the Company on March 2, 2023 at 12:20pm during the Brazilian Mining Day event at the PDAC 2023 Convention in Toronto, Canada. He will be joined by Igor Tkachenko, Vice...

Gisele Bündchen, 42, is campier than ever on the cover of Vogue Italia’s March issue — so much so that some fans think her high-fashion look is verging on drag. On the Brazilian’s first Vogue cover since her high-profile divorce from oft-retired Tom Brady, Bündchen rocks a blood-red über-short ’do with matching ultra-thin red eyebrows, along with dark, graphic eye makeup and a red silk Valentino dress. But the picture made Instagram users do a double take, as Bündchen fans think she looks similar to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 5 winner — and Broadway’s latest “Chicago” star — Jinkx Monsoon,...

In 1997, archaeologists unearthed a skeleton buried in the fetal position at Toca dos Coqueiros, an archaeological site in Brazil's Serra da Capivara National Park. Based on the size and shape of the skull, they identified the remains as female and named the skeleton Zuzu. But that classification has remained steeped in controversy(opens in new tab), with many researchers claiming the deceased was actually male.Now, a new facial approximation of the 9,600-year-old skull may help put this debate to rest.Last year, researchers took dozens of photos from different angles of the skull, which is on display at the Museum of...

So many Russian babies are being born in the Brazilian city of Florianópolis that parents are banding together to hire an Orthodox priest to baptise the newest members of their families. But it is not just in Florianópolis that a priest’s services are in demand. Further south-west, in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires, Russian women fleeing Moscow’s war with Ukraine are travelling in their hundreds to give birth in a peaceful country that will provide opportunities for their children. “There is big demand for a church and a Russian school,” said Helena Yaw, a 35-year old mother of twins from St...

Socialist convicted felon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, currently the president of Brazil, landed in Washington late Thursday and began his visit to America with a meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at noon on Friday. Lula, who began his third term at the helm of the country on January 1, will meet with leftist President Joe Biden in the late afternoon, according to the official readout regarding his visit from the Brazilian government. It is his second international trip since returning to office, having traveled to neighboring Argentina in late January for the summit of the Community of Latin...

China's central bank said on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on setting up yuan clearing arrangements in Brazil with the Central Bank of Brazil. The establishment of yuan clearing arrangements in Brazil will help Chinese and Brazilian firms and financial institutions with cross-border transactions using the yuan, further facilitating bilateral trade and investment, the People's Bank of China (PBC), the country's central bank, said in a concise statement on its website. The latest yuan clearing plan followed a slew of similar arrangements as the Chinese currency takes on a bigger role in the global foreign...

The Pentagon is saying there is a second Chinese spy balloon this one is over Latin America... 13 people have died as wildfires rage in south-central Chile... The Brazilian navy scuttling a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean despite concerns over environmental damage... Elon Musk cleared in a civil trial... An American killed in the battle for the city of Bakhmut (Artyomovsk)... In Lethbridge, Alberta Canada the second day of the trial of Pastor Artur Pawlowski... Also in Canada some adjustments to a proposed gun control law... With the annual inflation rate measured by consumer prices at 95 percent...

Controversial Neoconservative US Diplomat Victoria Nuland, associated with the 2014 coup against Ukraine's Pro-Russian government, is traveling... The latest Twitter Files revelations involve Neoconservatives like writer Bill Kristol and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Democrat insider John Podesta also... In Washington today Elon Musk meeting Biden Administration officials... US Politics Ronna McDaniel re-elected chair of the Republican National Committee... Trump talking education today saying he has a plan for "ultimate local control"... In Jerusalem tonight a terrorist attack with seven dead... The bodycam video from San Francisco in the incident involving Paul Pelosi... US authorities arresting three people accused...

Instead of stopping the Iranian nuclear program the Biden regime is using the power of the White House to promote socialist dictatorships and subvert democracy in Brazil, Venezuela and Israel By Ezequiel Doiny Israel: The Biden regime conditions American support for Israel to Netanyahu's halting Israeli legal reform. This is sinister: The Biden regime is not standing for democracy but against it, the Biden regime prefers a dictatorship rather than democracy in Israel On January 23, 2023 Arutz 7 reported about Netanyahu's meeting with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan "According to the report...Sullivan told Netanyahu about the administration's concerns...

The Russian navy is set to participate alongside the Chinese and South African navies in exercises set for February off South Africa, Russia’s state TASS has announced. Importantly, the Russian frigate named ‘Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov’ is armed with hypersonic cruise missiles, after it entered deployment in the Atlantic Ocean three weeks ago. The frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, via TASS. The Zircon hyperonics it is carrying are believed to be able to fly at nine times the speed of sound, with a range of over 620 miles. The ship...

Brazil and Argentina plan to advance talks about a common currency for financial and commercial transactions in an effort to improve economic integration, leaders of the two nations said on Jan. 21.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was sworn in on Jan. 1, and Argentine leader Alberto Fernandez shared details about the talks regarding a shared currency in a joint article published on the Argentine website Perfil, CNBC reported.“We intend to overcome the barriers to our exchanges, simplify and modernize the rules and encourage the use of local currencies,” the two leaders wrote.“We also decided to advance discussions...

Socialist convicted felon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the current president of Brazil, removed that country this week from the list of signatories to the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a global document originally signed by 32 countries opposing abortion as a form of family planning and affirming the inherent “dignity and worth” of human life. Brazil signed the American-led declaration in 2020 under conservative, pro-life President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost to Lula in a bitterly contested presidential race last year. Lula, the Ministry of Health confirmed last week, also revoked an ordinance passed under Bolsonaro that required health workers to report...

The former president will be investigated for his role in the Jan. 8 riots in which supporters ransacked official residence of new leader.

Russian officials offered support for Lula, who now presides over the country that like Russia is a member of the club of BRICS emerging economies: — Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the upper-house Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee: “I was in Brazil when Lula was inaugurated and saw everything with my own eyes: there were no signs of disturbances at all. What happened now is difficult to explain and, from my point of view, non-systemic.”

[Catholic Caucus] Brazil, Pray the Rosary“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” ~George SantayanaBrazilians are convulsing over the fraudulent election of Luis Inacio Lula da Silva “Lula”, the radical Communist convicted felon, who narrowly defeated the moderate, President Jair Bolsonaro. Cries of election fraud dominate the massive street protests.This isn’t the first time when Brazil faced the scourge of a tyrannical Communist takeover. In 1966, Brazilians faced a similar Marxist government that posed a radical political and social transformation of South America’s largest country. With nowhere to turn, the largely Catholic country turned to the Blessed...