Russia and China in the Latin American Arms Market. Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua
At Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation (MTC) session with Foreign States on January 27, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin encouraged those present to seek out new markets, in particular ...
... administration, business community and civil society engaged in promotion of Russia's interests in the region.
The audience was welcomed by Sergey Katyrin, President of the Chamber for Commerce and Industry, who stressed the enormous potential of the Russia-Latin America relationship in the emerging international environment. Other speakers repeatedly mentioned the need to provide Russia with a permanent forum on economic cooperation with Latin America for subsequent establishment of an appropriate chamber ...
... In this light, I believe that supplementing the Eurasian project with a scheme similar to what has been done in the shortest historical period by the Pacific Four, makes sense. Thank you for your attention.
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. Alexander Shchetinin, Director of the Latin American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry
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. Eduard Malayan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the United States of Mexico
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. Valery Morozov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the United ...
... Latin America for preparing an interesting report on the current state and prospects for Russian-Mexican relations. This is a good starting point for discussion.
Such a discussion is very timely against the backdrop of the significant intensification of Russian-Latin American cooperation in various fields. The coming 125th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Mexico, which we will celebrate next year, also prompts us to hold this discussion.
I should start by confessing ...
... taking advantage of that now. What I can tell you is that Mexico is a country which has always been historically very close to Russia. In 2015, we are celebrating 125 years of bilateral relations. So, I think if we look at the panorama of what is in the ... ... strengthening our relations right now. Mexico, for instance, is the 14th exporter in the world. One third of all the exports from Latin America come from Mexico. So there is visible obstacle why the economic situation should not be improving in that direction....
... the alliance members.
A special session was devoted to Russia-Mexico dialogue to markedly contribute to the report "Russian-Mexican Relations: Traditional Basics and Imperatives for Renovation" prepared jointly by RIAC and RAS Institute for Latin American Studies.
Roundtable on Russia-Pacific Alliance Relationship
..., Uruguay, Ecuador, Paraguay and El Salvador abstained from voting
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In July 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin made a trip to Cuba, Nicaragua, Argentina and Brazil, where he attended the
6th BRICS Summit
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Vladimir Sudarev:
Russia and Latin America in the Context of
the Ukrainian Crisis
Another and, perhaps, more urgent problem for Moscow, caused by the Ukrainian crisis and requiring an immediate solution, is the need to find new business partners and suppliers of food products for ...
... points: the visit had obvious geopolitical implications; and it made a real contribution to promoting Russia’s economic interests in the region.
In terms of geopolitics, the visit greatly expanded the scope of foreign policy cooperation between Russia and the countries of Latin America against a backdrop of the country’s growing isolation from the West. President Putin managed to either win support for Russia's position in Ukraine from most of the region’s leaders or make them condemn the sanctions imposed ...
... facility near the Cuban capital, a base that was unilaterally shut down by Russia in 2001. However, these reports were soon officially disclaimed
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Forecasting in the fast changing international environment does not reap benefits. Nevertheless, Russia's interest in building up its long-term presence in Latin America is unbending. Only time will tell if Moscow's participation in the Central American megaproject will advance bilateral and multilateral ties in the Western Hemisphere.
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Nicaragua: Gini Coefficient of per capita income
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Russia – Latin American relations
Authors:
Vladimir Davydov
,
Alexander Bobrovnikov
,
Boris Martynov
, RAS Institute of Latin America
1. Basic characteristics
According to regional indicators, the Latin America and the Caribbean falls into the “middle ...