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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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Thursday, July 10th 2025 - 10:47 UTC
Lula 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:
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Thursday, July 10th 2025 - 09:07 UTC
Orsi'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 to attend the upcoming G-20 summit. Additionally, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed plans to establish an Indian embassy in Uruguay.
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Wednesday, July 9th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Progressive 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 Silva (Brazil), and Gustavo Petro (Colombia), in addition to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
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Wednesday, July 9th 2025 - 09:20 UTC
Brazil 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 Asian giant trade-wise.
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Tuesday, July 8th 2025 - 08:24 UTC
Brazil: 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 coup d'état.
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Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:36 UTC
BRICS 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.
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Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:30 UTC
IMF and WB “a reversed Marshall Plan” says Lula

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday criticized the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) because they represent “a reverse Marshall Plan, in which emerging and developing economies finance the more developed world.”
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