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Montevideo, August 27th 2026 - 07:00 UTC

Tag: Donald Trump

  • Friday, July 18th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Trump demands release of Epstein documents to stop revolt, threatens to sue WSJ

    The controversy escalated after The Wall Street Journal published a birthday letter supposedly written by Trump and decorated with sexually suggestive drawings

    U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to release portions of the grand jury materials from the Jeffrey Epstein case in an effort to calm the growing discontent within the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. The move follows The Wall Street Journal’s publication of a 2003 birthday letter allegedly written by Trump to the convicted sex offender — a letter Trump claims is “fake,” threatening legal action against the newspaper and its owner, Rupert Murdoch.

  • Thursday, July 17th 2025 - 09:17 UTC

    NATO Chief warns of “consequences” for countries trading with Russia

    Rutte wants these countries to pressure Moscow into discussing peace in Ukraine

    NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has issued a stern warning to India, China, and Brazil, stating they will face “consequences” if they continue significant trade with Russia, particularly in energy. This warning follows an announcement by US President Donald Trump, who threatened to impose 100% secondary tariffs on purchasers of Russian exports if a peace agreement for Ukraine is not reached within 50 days.

  • Wednesday, July 16th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Brazil eager to avert higher US tariffs

    Alckmin chaired separate mmeetings with representativers from the agricultural and industrial sectors

    Brazil is actively working to avert the implementation of 50% tariffs on its products by the United States, set to take effect on August 1 as announced by President Donald Trump. Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, along with other ministers, met with leaders from the industrial and agricultural sectors to discuss the severe potential impacts.

  • Wednesday, July 16th 2025 - 09:03 UTC

    Trump announces historic trade deal with Indonesia

    The Asian country is rich in copper, which could affect Chile's future exports

    US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a “historic” trade agreement with Indonesia, personally negotiated with President Prabowo Subianto, that significantly alters trade terms between the two nations.

  • Tuesday, July 15th 2025 - 06:52 UTC

    Musk, Mao and Trump’s imperial dreams

    When Musk announced the foundation of the ‘America Party’, the public response fell considerably short of rhapsodic

    By Gwynne Dyer - The only place where some people still see Elon Musk as a political genius is China. “Brother Musk, you’ve got over a billion people on our side backing you,” wrote a fan on Weibo, China’s biggest social media site. “If Elon Musk were to found a political party,” wrote another, “his tech-driven mindset could inject fresh energy into politics.”

  • Monday, July 14th 2025 - 09:50 UTC

    Macri and Trump meet during foootball Club World Cup final

    Macri posted on social media a picture of his gathering with the Republican leader

    Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri met Sunday with US President Donald Trump at the Club World Cup final in New Jersey which the South American leader attennded as chairman of the football governing body's FIFA Foundation. Trump was to deliver the trophy to evetual winners Chelsea FC.

  • Monday, July 14th 2025 - 06:54 UTC

    India avoiding Middle East war and trade clash with Trump, increases purchases of US and Brazil oil

    US crude shipments to India rose 51% year-on-year to 271,000 barrels per day between January and June, up from 180,000 bpd a year earlier

    New data from S&P Global Commodity Insights cited quoted by Indian media outlets, India has sharply increased its crude oil imports from the United States and Brazil in the first half of 2025.

  • Saturday, July 12th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Flávio Bolsonaro agrees US tariffs are unfair, says solution is broad amnesty

    Senator Flávio Bolsonaro insisted a blanket amnesty would reverse Trump's measure

    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.

  • Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil to look elsewhere in light of Trump's tariffs

    Fávaro said alternatives were being sought for profuts that would become unaffordable to US consumers

    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.

  • Friday, July 11th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

    Nobel laureate claims Trump's tariffs on Brazil politically motivated

    In Krugman's opinion, the measures unveiled by Trump are also arguments for opening impeachment proceedings against him

    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.