Brazil
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:37:00 GMTBrazil maneuvering to resume chicken exports to Europe
Brazil's Agriculture Minister Carlos Fávaro held a videoconference with EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, this week to discuss lifting restrictions on the Brazilian chicken meat exports imposed ...
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:55:00 GMTBrazil to look elsewhere in light of Trump's tariffs
Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) has been entrusted with seeking new markets to replace placements that may be affected by US President Donald Trump's 50% tariffs, in a move to minimize the measure's impac...
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:23:00 GMTBolsonaro respects and admires Trump's government
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro expressed his "respect and admiration for the United States Government" after Wednesday's announcement that all Brazilian exports would be slapped with a 50% tariff. The retired Army ca...
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:12:00 GMTNobel laureate claims Trump's tariffs on Brazil politically motivated
American Economist Paul Krugman, a New Keynesian expert who once received the Nobel Prize, has been heavily critical of President Donald Trump, saying that the Republican leader was “evil and megalomaniacal” after the 50% t...
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:47:00 GMTLula publishes strong reply to Trump's statements
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did not remain silent after Wednesday's letter from his US colleague Donald Trump and published an open reply on X, both in Portuguese and in English:
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:07:00 GMTOrsi's participation at BRICS Summit a success
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi returned Wednesday from the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, achieving significant diplomatic successes. Notably, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa extended a formal invitation for Uruguay...
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:55:00 GMTProgressive leaders' Summit in Santiago announced
Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font will host a "High-Level Meeting Democracy Forever" Summit on July 21 at the Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago with fellow progressive Presidents Yamandú Orsi (Uruguay), Luiz Inácio Lula da ...
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:20:00 GMTBrazil and China to assess railroad to Peru feasibility
Authorities from Brazil and China signed this week an agreement to start the studies for the construction of a railway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, which would bring South America's largest country closer to the ...
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:24:00 GMTBrazil: STF conviction tally in Jan. 8 riots reaches 643 individuals
According to a list released Monday by the Office of Brazil's Prosecutor-General, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has convicted 643 people in connection with the Jan. 8, 2023, riots in Brasília, which were deemed an attempted ...
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:36:00 GMTBRICS Summit insists on two-state solution for Middle East crisis; Iran objects
The 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro issued Sunday a new declaration advocating for a two-state solution, one Palestinian and one Israeli, like on previous occasions.