The businessman, the employee, the private jet and 10 suitcases

A court filing directly challenging denials made by President Javier Milei’s government has reignited speculation about the arrival of a private jet in Buenos Aires earlier this year. The 60-page judicial report,... Read more »

Brazil vows retaliatory tariffs if Trump follows through on 50% tariff threat

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that he will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to boost... Read more »

The political temptations of leatherwork

Suitcases. Bags. Satchels. Like a loop, a new scandal exposes the irresistible seduction which leather goods seem to have on Argentine politics. It is curious that with all the technological advances we’ve made,... Read more »

Trump is threatening Brazil with a 50 percent tariff. How will Lula respond?

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump threatened to levy 50 percent tariffs on imports from Brazil effective August 1. So far, this is the highest tariff rate the Trump administration has threatened... Read more »

Trump’s Brazil tariffs risk upending trade from coffee to beef

US President Donald Trump’s unexpected move to threaten a 50 percent tariff on Brazil risks roiling global commodity markets, disrupting trade on everything from beef to coffee. The US is Brazil’s second-largest... Read more »

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 »
BRICS meeting 2025

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 »