Brazil vows to match US tariffs after Trump threatens 50% levy

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said he is ready to match any tariffs imposed on Brazil by the United States. Lula was responding to Wednesday’s threat by his US... Read more »

Trump didn’t start the war on the poor – but he’s taking it to new extremes | Donald Trump

“A budget is a moral document,” as numerous human rights activists have said over the decades. If that is true, then the so‑called “One Big, Beautiful Bill” represents a grotesque example of... Read more »

Trump announces 50% tariff on Brazil, citing a ‘witch-hunt’ against Bolsonaro | Trump tariffs

Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration will hit Brazil with a 50% tariff on products sent to the US, tying the move to what he called the “witch-hunt” trial against... Read more »

Inside the dramatic turnaround that made Colombia’s second city a model for water management.

Reading Time: 10 minutes MEDELLÍN— For much of the 20th century, the Medellín River was an open sewer, collecting the untreated human and industrial waste of the Aburrá Valley. Stretching through the valley’s... Read more »
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BRICS Summit insists on two-state solution for Middle East crisis; Iran objects — MercoPress

BRICS Summit insists on two-state solution for Middle East crisis; Iran objects Monday, July 7th 2025 – 09:36 UTC “The fear of a nuclear catastrophe has returned to everyday life,”... Read more »

How Decades of Power-Drunk Elites Are Boomeranging on Brazil

(Op-Ed Analysis) On July 9, 2025, a thunderbolt struck Brazil’s already faltering political establishment: U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a decisive 50% tariff on all Brazilian imports. It was the strongest assertion... Read more »

Rush of farm dollars fails to lift peso ahead of vote

Peso traders were expecting the Argentine currency to strengthen as soybean exporters exchanged record amounts of dollars after selling their harvest. Instead, the opposite happened: the peso, which has been weakening against... Read more »

Trips to Miami or living month-to-month – Argentina’s ‘rift’ hits consumers

The ‘grieta’ rift that divides Argentines is not only political. Market studies are revealing two very distinct poles when it comes to measuring consumption. On the one hand, there is an upper... Read more »

Trump unveils 50% Brazil levy in response to Bolsonaro trial

Brazil and the United States escalated their row Wednesday over US President Donald Trump’s support for coup-accused ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro, with the US Republican slapping a 50 percent tariff on one of its... Read more »

Falklands, Inside the secret military dialogue between Britain and Argentina, according to The Economist — MercoPress

Falklands, Inside the secret military dialogue between Britain and Argentina, according to The Economist Tuesday, July 8th 2025 – 10:54 UTC A piece from the latest edition of The Economist,... Read more »