Stories for July 11th 2025

Friday, July 11th 2025 - 19:37 UTC
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 after an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a commercial farm in Montenegro, Río Grande do Sul, in May.
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Friday, July 11th 2025 - 19:17 UTC
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.
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Friday, July 11th 2025 - 19:08 UTC
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 - FNB) demonstrated its strong opposition to the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).
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Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
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 impact, Minister Carlos Fávaro confirmed Thursday.
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Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:23 UTC
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 captain insisted that he took the news “with a sense of responsibility.”
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Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:12 UTC
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% tariffs imposed on all Brazilian products and insisted the measure reverberated in his own country.
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Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:10 UTC
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.” In addition, Fernández was imposed a hefty fine. Casanello also indicted businessman Héctor Martínez Sosa and his wife, María Cantero, Fernández's longtime secretary.
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Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:02 UTC
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 authority announced a potential suspension of these operations.
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