Stories for July 2025

Monday, July 14th 2025 - 06:48 UTC
Tether Backs Green Bitcoin Mining in South America to Push Energy Transition

Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, is expanding into green Bitcoin mining in Brazil. It’s a strong move to align crypto with renewable energy, addressing concerns over the sustainability of crypto mining. The company announced a pilot project in partnership with agribusiness Adecoagro. They’ll be using surplus renewable power to mine Bitcoin while supporting energy revenue stability.
Monday, July 14th 2025 - 05:55 UTC
A Financial Giant Just Kicked Open the Door for Crypto in Latin America

For years, the financial system in many parts of Latin America has been a story of friction. High inflation eats away at savings, sending money across borders is slow and expensive, and getting access to basic financial services can be a challenge. It’s a tough environment for consumers and an even tougher one for businesses trying to operate on a global scale. This has pushed many to seek out alternatives, creating fertile ground for innovation outside the traditional rails of finance.
Monday, July 14th 2025 - 04:56 UTC
How Much Revenue Does the Poker Market Generate Worldwide?

The global poker market, spanning both offline and online segments, has expanded significantly in recent years. As digital consumption increases across entertainment sectors, poker has emerged as a durable and increasingly online-driven market.
Saturday, July 12th 2025 - 10:33 UTC
Flávio Bolsonaro agrees US tariffs are unfair, says solution is broad amnesty

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, has acknowledged that the 50% tariffs imposed by the US Republican Government of Donald Trump on Brazilian exports were “unfair” to his country's productive sector. However, in an interview with Globonews, he argued that the solution was a return to “normality,” which he defined as granting a broad amnesty for those involved in the Jan. 8, 2023, riots in Brasilia.
Saturday, July 12th 2025 - 10:30 UTC
Boric enacts Chile's new Fisheries Law

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font enacted Chile's new Fisheries Division Law (Law 21,752) on Thursday, a landmark piece of legislation that rebalances fishing quotas in favor of the artisanal sector. The signing into law follows its successful passage through the Constitutional Court. Joining Boric at the ceremony were Economy Minister Nicolás Grau and Undersecretary of Fisheries Julio Salas.
Saturday, July 12th 2025 - 10:25 UTC
Taiwan and Paraguay celebrate 68 years of diplomatic ties

Foreign Ministers Rubén Ramírez Lezcano of Paraguay and Lin Chia-lung of Taiwan on Friday celebrated in Asunción 68 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations. The visiting mission includes a delegation of over 30 Taiwanese business leaders from strategic sectors such as semiconductors, information and communications technology (ICT), smart transportation, smart agriculture and livestock, construction and building, as well as high-tech smart textiles.
Saturday, July 12th 2025 - 10:21 UTC
Brazil resuming local production of insulin after 20 years

Brazil's Health Ministry took delivery on Friday of the first batch of insulin produced through the Partnerships for Productive Development (PDP) program. The initiative is part of the National Strategy for the Development of the Health Economic-Industrial Complex and aims to resume manufacturing the drug entirely in the country.
Saturday, July 12th 2025 - 10:14 UTC
Paraguay's foreign trade plummets in first half of 2025

Paraguay's total exports in the first half of 2025 saw a 7.6% decline, totaling US$7.83 billion compared to US$8.47 billion in the same period last year, according to a report from the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) released Friday in Asunción, which thus showed a trade deficit of US697.9 million, a significant shift from the US$469 million surplus recorded in June 2024.
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.
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.