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Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 20:55 UTC
US imposes sanctions on STF Judge De Moraes

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday imposed a series of sanctions against Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes, whom the agency accuses believes to have violated freedom of expression through “arbitrary arrests” in the attempted coup trial and with his decisions regarding US social media companies.
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Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 10:11 UTC
Zambelli arrested in Italy, pending extradition to Brazil

Italian authorities in Rome Tuesday arrested Carla Zambelli, a far-right Brazilian congresswoman and staunch supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro. She had fled to Italy in May after being sentenced to ten years in prison in the South American country.
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Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 10:05 UTC
Products not grown in US might have zero tariffs, Lutnick hints

Amid the uproar surrounding the 50% tariffs on Brazilian products to be imported by the US administration of President Donald Trump, coffee producers saw some light at the end of the tunnel Tuesday when US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said in an interview with US network CNBC that some products not grown in the country could enter the United States without import tariffs.
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Tuesday, July 29th 2025 - 10:30 UTC
HSBC sells out operations in Uruguay to leading Brazilian bank

Brazilian bank BTG Pactual has acquired the Uruguayan operations of British bank HSBC for US$175 million, marking BTG Pactual's entry into Uruguay and HSBC's exit from the market as part of its global restructuring strategy. The deal, announced on Monday, includes both equity and additional capital instruments and is subject to regulatory approvals.
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Monday, July 28th 2025 - 19:58 UTC
Brazil out of FAO's Hunger Map

Brazil was not included in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' (FAO/UN) State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 (SOFI 2025) presented Monday (28) during the 2nd United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS+4) in Ethiopia.
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Monday, July 28th 2025 - 10:02 UTC
Oropouche fever expanding beyond Amazonia

Once a malady associated with Amazonia, Oropouche has spread onto various other Brazilian States, so much so that Espírito Santo, almost 3,000 km away, became the record holder with 6,318 cases.
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Saturday, July 26th 2025 - 11:27 UTC
Venezuela reinstates tariffs on Brazilian products

Venezuela has unilaterally reimposed import tariffs ranging from 15% to 77% on Brazilian products, a move that violates the Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE 69) signed between the two countries in 2014. The decision was made without prior notice.
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Friday, July 25th 2025 - 09:24 UTC
Bolsonaro convicted for remarks about Venezuelan women

A court of appeals in Brasilia on Thursday reversed former President Jair Bolsonaro's lower court acquittal in the case regarding his remarks about Venezuelan teenagers, and ordered him to pay R$150,000 (US$27,165) in collective moral damages for hinting that the girls were prostitutes.
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Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 09:32 UTC
Brazil joins list of plaintiffs against Israel at ICJ

Brazilian authorities announced Wednesday the South American country's formal decision to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people.
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Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 08:36 UTC
Lula and Sheinbaum discuss joint developments

Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico held a telephone conversation on Wednesday to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and economic cooperation.
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