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Montevideo, December 19th 2025 - 00:47 UTC

Tag: Donald Trump

  • Saturday, August 30th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Trump's tariffs illegal, court rules

    Trump's tariffs will remain in place, pending a Supreme Court ruling

    A US federal appeals court has ruled by 7 votes to 4 that most of President Donald Trump's global tariffs are illegal because the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) invoked by the Republican leader does not grant him the authority to do so. The court affirmed that the power to levy tariffs rests exclusively with Congress.

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 08:10 UTC

    Trump in the Falklands

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has pledged to President Trump that Europe will buy additional US energy and invest UD$600 billion in the US

    By Barry Eichengreen (*) - US President Donald Trump’s trade war resembles nothing so much as UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Falklands War in 1982: one side deploys massive force, and the other withdraws with its tail between its legs.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 22:08 UTC

    After meeting Zelensky, Trump sees three-way summit with Putin possible

    This time around, Zelensky at least wore a dark suit, albeit no tie

    US President Donald Trump met Monday with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders following his encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin to keep working towards a solution to the ongoing crisis.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 09:31 UTC

    Al Gore says Washington has “schizophrenic” approach to climate change

    It's crazy to allow polluters to write the rules,” Gore argued

    During his recent trip to Brazil, former US Vice President Al Gore said that his country's stance on the climate crisis was “schizophrenic,” changing from one view to another, depending on who ruled. In his first term in office, between 2017 and 2021, Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, whose main objective is to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But then came Joseph Biden, and the country returned to the agreement, only to pull out yet again with Trump's second term.

  • Saturday, August 16th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    No peace deal, but progress made during Trump-Putin meeting

    Putin and Trump warned Europe not to “torpedo the nascent progress” (Pic REUTERS)

    Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States failed to reach a conclusive understanding on peace in Ukraine, although some progress was achieved vis-à-vis a next face-to-face meeting, most likely to be held in Moscow after Putin switched to English in a rare move to invite Trump over the Russian capital for the next round of talks.

  • Monday, August 11th 2025 - 21:02 UTC

    Trump declares crime emergency and takes over Washington DC's security

    Trump signed an executive order placing Bondi in charge of Washington, DC's Police

    US President Donald Trump announced Monday that the federal government would take control of law enforcement in Washington, D.C. In adition, the National Guard would be deployed to combat what he described as a crime emergency.

  • Friday, August 8th 2025 - 10:01 UTC

    UN Chief finds Trump's tariffs “disheartening”

    Guterres wants governments to take action to protect the poorest people

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed that the new tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump are “disheartening.” Through his spokesperson, Farhan Haq, Guterres reiterated his long-held belief that “trade wars are ruinous and need to be avoided.”

  • Thursday, August 7th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Lula slams Trump over Brazil tariffs, accuses Bolsonaro of betrayal

    The Brazilian government is preparing financial support measures for affected companies, as nationalist sentiment grows in response to what Lula describes as a direct attack on Brazil’s sovereignty

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva harshly criticized U.S. President Donald Trump following the implementation of a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports. Lula called Trump “authoritarian” with “anti-civilizational” behavior and accused him of creating “problems where there were none.”

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 21:02 UTC

    Trump announces 50% tariffs on India for buying Russian oil

    Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on countries that continue business with Russia unless a major peace deal with Ukraine is achieved

    US President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed an additional 25% tariff on imports from India in reprisal for buying Russian oil, bringing the total surcharge to 50%. Washington claims Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Government was “fueling the war machine” by funding Russia's military deployment in Ukraine.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 11:26 UTC

    Brazil turns to tea-drinking China to cushion 50% tariffs on coffee by US

    Per capita coffee consumption in China is still only 16 cups per year, compared to the global average of 240

    Amid new 50% tariffs on Brazilian coffee exports to the United States, China has authorized 183 Brazilian companies to export coffee to its domestic market. This move is seen as a way for Brazil to offset the economic impact. Jorge Viana, head of ApexBrasil, the country’s export promotion agency, called the agreement a “milestone for Brazil’s coffee sector.”