South America

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:37:00 GMT
Brazil 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 19:17:00 GMT
Bolivia deploys door-to-door measles vaccination teams
Bolivian authorities, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), launched a door-to-door vaccination campaign this week to curb the measles outbreak, of which so far 98 cases have been confirmed.

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:08:00 GMT
French farmers parade cows in front of the Brazilian Embassy
Some 100 French farmers and ranchers paraded Wednesday in front of the Brazilian Embassy in Paris with Charolais cows and T-shirts reading "Beef producers furious!" as the National Beef Federation (Federation Nationale Bovine -...

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:55:00 GMT
Brazil 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 GMT
Bolsonaro 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 GMT
Nobel 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...

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:10:00 GMT
Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández indicted in Insurance Scandal
Buenos Aires City Federal Judge Sebastián Casanello Thursday indicted former Argentine President Alberto Fernández in the so-called “Insurance Case” for “negotiations incompatible with the exercise of public office.” ...

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:02:00 GMT
Paraguay reviews options regarding refueling along Paraná Waterway
Paraguay's Foreign Ministry and private sector associations regarding fuel bunkering operations at kilometer 171 of the Paraguay-Paraná waterway started a round of discussions Thursday in Asunción after Argentina's customs au...

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:46:00 GMT
Uruguayan authorities summon German, French ambassadors over passport crisis
Uruguay's Acting Foreign Minister Valeria Csukasi and Undersecretary of the Interior Gabriela Valverde on Thursday summoned the French and German ambassadors for consultations regarding the crisis stemming from the new passport...

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:19:00 GMT
Uruguay signs TAC with ASEAN countries
Uruguay's Foreign Minister, Mario Lubetkin, signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week during the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Ma...

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