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Exclusive | China set to decide if Costa Rican or Guyanese becomes first woman UN chief (opens the original)
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Rebeca Grynspan and Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett lead a split Security Council as Beijing rules out Argentina's Rafael Grossi China is poised to decide which of two Latin American women becomes the first to lead the United Nations, after three rounds of informal voting in the Security Council failed to produce a favourite. Several UN delegations that spoke to the South China Morning Post over the past three days said Beijing was weighing Rebeca Grynspan, the Costa Rican economist who heads UN Trade
Paraguay’s president urges UN to let Taiwan in, calls island’s exclusion ‘a stain’ (opens the original)
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South American leader backs Taiwan’s UN participation and warns of global fallout from a strait conflict Paraguayan President Santiago Pena told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that his country “is not neutral” on the Taiwan Strait, pledging support for the self-ruled island and calling for its “full and meaningful participation” in the UN system. Casting a conflict in the strait as a potentially far greater threat than the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Pena warned of “ominou
Lula backs China peace push at UN, tells US that Brazil is ‘no one’s backyard’ (opens the original)
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Brazilian leader criticises tariffs and military pressure while demanding domestic benefits from foreign access to critical minerals Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva renewed his backing on Tuesday for a peace initiative he launched with China to end the war in Ukraine, using his opening speech at the UN General Assembly to take thinly veiled aim at the United States over tariffs, military pressure and access to critical minerals. Speaking in New York just days before Brazilians vote
US trade chief pressed Brazil to review Anglo American nickel sale to China (opens the original)
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Jamieson Greer asked Brasilia to curb ‘non-market’ buyers of critical minerals in exchange for relief from Trump’s tariffs First reported by Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo and CNN Brazil on Thursday, the proposal would have given Washington advance notice of mining asset sales before those deals closed, subjected transactions involving rare earths to US review, and opened a window for American companies to buy the assets before any sale won approval. Greer also asked Brasilia to limit
J.D. Vance group courted Brazil opposition candidate for anti-China deal: report (opens the original)
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Senator’s logo appears on a plan to trade rare earths and position against Beijing in exchange for support on his presidential bid A campaign document belonging to Flavio Bolsonaro, the right-wing front-runner in the presidential election to be held in Brazil next month, offered Washington a rare earths supply chain designed to weaken China’s grip, local news site Amado Mundo reported on Saturday. Written in English and dated March 19, the 22-page presentation was drafted by Andre Marinho, a clo
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