Brazil eager to avert higher US tariffs — MercoPress

Brazil eager to avert higher US tariffs Wednesday, July 16th 2025 – 09:49 UTC Alckmin chaired separate mmeetings with representativers from the agricultural and industrial sectors Brazil is actively working... Read more »

Income Gains Position Latin America as a Pillar in Future Food

Latin America’s per capita income will grow by 1.8% annually over the next decade, according to the OECD–FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024–2033. This growth rate exceeds the global average of 1.6% and will... Read more »

Parkinson’s patients in Brazil find relief in capoeira

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over... Read more »

How São Paulo shook up the WEC title races

The battle for the 2025 Hypercar World Endurance drivers’ championship has tightened up after last Sunday’s 6 Hours of São Paulo, and looks set to produce its fair share of drama in... Read more »

Views of US, Chinese influence in middle-income countries

The U.S Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, in 2020. (Andressa Anholete/Getty Images) As the United States and China compete for influence on the world stage – and particularly in middle-income countries – many... Read more »

Trump threatened Brazil with 50% tariffs. How he is using trade as a political cudgel.

That is investors biggest worry about the U.S. president’s threat to slam 50% tariffs on imports from the Latin American giant. “I’m most concerned that what just happened will help Lula a... Read more »

US gov’t is very afraid of BRICS and dedollarization, Trump insiders reveal. That’s why he’s attacking Brazil

Western corporate media coverage of the Global South-led organization BRICS is frequently dismissive and condescending. Bloomberg published an article claiming that BRICS is “little more than a meaningless acronym”. It appears that... Read more »

Trump Brazil tariffs ‘illegal,’ says economist Paul Krugman : NPR

Protesters hold up an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump in response to Trump’s announcement of 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods, in Sao Paulo, Thursday, July 10. Andre Penner/AP hide caption toggle... Read more »

The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico

Will Grant Mexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent BBC Water levels in Lake Toronto, a reservoir in the north of Mexico, are said to be critically low After the thirtieth consecutive month... Read more »

Nigeria’s ex-President Muhammadu Buhari dies in London aged 82 | Obituaries News

Buhari, remembered for an anti-corruption drive and faltering economy, leaves behind a contentious legacy. Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari has died in London at the age of 82 following a long illness.... Read more »