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Analysis-Brazil has few exit routes from Trump tariff but feels less pain

Analysis-Brazil has few exit routes from Trump tariff but feels less pain

By Luciana Magalhaes and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -When U.S. President Donald Trump linked 50% tariffs on Brazil to the trial against his ally, the country's former far-right leader, Washington left Latin America's largest economy with few...

Trump threatens 50% tariff on Brazilian goods amid rising tensions with Lula

Trump threatens 50% tariff on Brazilian goods amid rising tensions with Lula

Daijiworld Media Network - Washington Washington, Jul 10: In a bold escalation of trade tensions, former US President Donald Trump has declared plans to impose a 50% tariff on goods imported from Brazil, targeting the South American nation over...

Caribbean Leads the in Reducing AIDS-Related Deaths Globally, But Progress on Reducing New Infection Slow

Caribbean Leads the in Reducing AIDS-Related Deaths Globally, But Progress on Reducing New Infection Slow

CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Data from the latest Global AIDS Update Report, released by UNAIDS, shows the Caribbean recorded a 62% reduction in AIDS-related deaths, between 2010 and 2024, the steepest decline among eight regions...

Data Contradicts Trump, Shows U.S. Runs Trade Surplus with Brazil

Data Contradicts Trump, Shows U.S. Runs Trade Surplus with Brazil

Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that his country runs a trade deficit with Brazil, the numbers tell a different story. For 17 years, trade in goods between the two countries has favored the U.S., which exports more to Brazil than it...

Mexico’s first luxury wellness resort, Mailena, set to debut in 2026

Mexico’s first luxury wellness resort, Mailena, set to debut in 2026

Danzante Bay unveils Mailena, Loreto’s first adults-only wellness resort, opening 2026 with holistic design, luxury amenities, and immersive wellness experiences. LORETO, MEXICO – Danzante Bay, a 741-acre master-planned resort community set amidst...

Abiodun woos Brazilian investors for Olokola LNG, Livestock, Mining, Tourism, others.

Abiodun woos Brazilian investors for Olokola LNG, Livestock, Mining, Tourism, others.

Governor Abiodun spoking at the Ogun State Investment Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the sidelines of the BRIC Summit Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has urged investors from Brazil to partner with the state to set up a...

Ricardo Martinelli: “This is an Achievement of this Government, which Cared about the Country’s Image, unlike the Previous One.”

Ricardo Martinelli: “This is an Achievement of this Government, which Cared about the Country’s Image, unlike the Previous One.”

Panama regains “international trust” after being removed from the European Union (EU) money laundering list. Former President Ricardo Martinelli, above right, attributed Panama’s removal from the European Union’s list of high-risk jurisdictions to...

St Vincent & the Grenadines’ Vincy Mas Honors Caribbean Culture

St Vincent & the Grenadines’ Vincy Mas Honors Caribbean Culture

On Thursday, July 8, Vincy Mas, the official carnival celebration of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a multi-island nation in the Caribbean, concludes to the rhythms of soca and calypso. RELATED: Vincy Mas 2025: A Celebration of Resistance,...

US pauses restart of Mexican cattle imports due to screwworm

US pauses restart of Mexican cattle imports due to screwworm

Agri-Pulse’s Oliver Ward reported that “the Agriculture Department said Wednesday evening that the U.S. would be closing the southern border to livestock trade, effective immediately, after reports that New World screwworm has resumed its...

Brazil’s Lula Squares Up to Trump After Tariff Hike and Bolsonaro Defense

Brazil’s Lula Squares Up to Trump After Tariff Hike and Bolsonaro Defense

Donald Trump has often likened efforts to hold him accountable by the media, Democrats, investigators, courts, and others, to a “witch hunt.” But recently he’s begun also using the phrase to defend his foreign buddies. From Israeli Prime Minister...

Coffee prices rise again after Trump slaps Brazil with 50% tariffs

Coffee prices rise again after Trump slaps Brazil with 50% tariffs

Coffee prices are on the rise after President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 50% tariff on imports from Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, sending a shock through global commodities markets and setting off fresh volatility in futures...

Political Watch: July 10, 2025

• On July 3, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) released a statement on the passage of the Republican reconciliation bill. Carbajal voted against the bill, while opposing its unprecedented cuts to essential programs like Medicaid and food...

What’s behind Trump’s 50 percent tariff for Brazil despite trade surplus?

What’s behind Trump’s 50 percent tariff for Brazil despite trade surplus?

United States President Donald Trump has threatened Brazil with a 50 percent tariff, citing the criminal charges against its former president and his political ally Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting a coup. In a letter to Luiz Inacio Lula...

Is the U.S. involved in plot to remove Colombia’s Petro?

Is the U.S. involved in plot to remove Colombia’s Petro?

Opinion The South American country of Colombia has had a long history of political violence, attempted and successful political assassinations and deeply embedded corruption. At one time, the country was known pejoratively as the “cocaine capital...

Morning Brief: Epstein Threatens To Derail Bondi, SCOTUS Hands Trump A Win. Meanwhile, In Mexico …

Morning Brief: Epstein Threatens To Derail Bondi, SCOTUS Hands Trump A Win. Meanwhile, In Mexico …

Questions mount over the DOJ and FBI’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, fueling public suspicion, the Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s mass government layoffs, and a deadly “screwworm” is spreading through cattle in Mexico. It’s...

Brazil, Trump up the ante inrow over Bolsonaro coup trial

Brazil, Trump up the ante inrow over Bolsonaro coup trial

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives for a press statement at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP) WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Brazil and the United States escalated their row Wednesday over President...

Brazil's Lula squares up to Trump as U.S. tariffs turn political Brazil's president forcefully rebuked Trump after he called the prosecution of Lula's predecessor, Bolsonaro, a "witch hunt" and hiked tariffs on Brazil. Read More »

Brazil's Lula squares up to Trump as U.S. tariffs turn political Brazil's president forcefully rebuked Trump after he called the prosecution of Lula's predecessor, Bolsonaro, a "witch hunt" and hiked tariffs on Brazil. Read More »

Left: U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on July 4, 2025. Right: Brazil President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva in Rio de Janeiro on April 2, 2024. Credit - Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images; Buda Mendes—Getty Images Donald Trump has...

No final decision on Botanical Garden land for Colombia Avenue traffic solution

The Ministry of Public Works (MOPC) has stated that, as of now, no definitive decision has been made regarding the potential use of a portion of the Botanical Garden for the road expansion. Addis Burgos, the MOPC’s head of communications,...

Four Venezuelan Children Were Taken From Deported Mothers: Cabello

Four Venezuelan Children Were Taken From Deported Mothers: Cabello

Some Venezuelan children being held in the U.S. X/ @Misslzquierda July 10, 2025 Hour: 12:31 pm On Wednesday, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello denounced that U.S. authorities took four children away from their mothers before the women were...

Trump’s 50% Tariff on Brazilian Goods Could Make US Coffee Prices Soar

Trump’s 50% Tariff on Brazilian Goods Could Make US Coffee Prices Soar

United States President Donald Trump yesterday announced a sweeping 50% tariff on all Brazilian imports, up from the 10% tariff initially introduced in April. Beyond the sordid political context — Trump said the tariffs were related to the “witch...

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