00:00 Haitian Prime Minister Henry confirmed that he held a meeting with the delegations of
00:04 the United States and Kenya on Tuesday in Port-au-Prince.
00:07 The prime minister described the meeting as "very important" without referring openly
00:12 to the arrival of the international force mission to restore peace in Haiti.
00:16 Henry explained that there had also been meetings with the High Transitional Council and that
00:21 in the coming days technical teams would travel to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to organize
00:25 the preparations for a mission to be installed temporarily in the country.
00:29 The facts would indicate that the plan suggested by Washington and encouraged by the United
00:34 Nations has been put into action.
00:41 Mercosur foreign ministers meet on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro in the framework of the
00:44 summit where the state of negotiations with the European Union will be discussed.
00:49 During the working session of the summit, Brazilian President Lula da Silva hopes to
00:52 close his pro-temporary presidency of Mercosur by finalizing the trade agreement with the
00:57 European community that for more than two decades has been elusive to the regional bloc
01:01 and that the French and Argentine governments could hinder in the 2023 event.
01:06 On the other hand, the Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, who will assume leadership,
01:11 declared that he would not devote more efforts to this trade agreement and that he will focus
01:16 on new negotiations.
01:17 In this sense, the Brazilian leader Lula da Silva warned that if the agreement does not
01:21 materialize it would not be due to the lack of will but to the protectionism of Europeans.
01:31 In Brazil, social and indigenous movements gather at the Mercosur Social Summit which
01:34 had not been held for seven years.
01:37 During the two-day event, they denounced the violations in their territories and demanded
01:41 that the leaders of Mercosur participate in the definition of public policies.
01:45 Luana Cain-Gan, indigenous activist and representative of the Articulation of the Peoples of the
01:49 southern region stresses the importance of a common construction.
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