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Mexican Embassy commemorates 50 years of ties with Jordan
Ammon News
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July 10, 2025
Ammon News - The Mexican Embassy in Amman hosted a reception Wednesday evening to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Jordan and Mexico. The celebration was attended by Minister of State for Foreign...
Brazil, Guyana, Argentina Fuel a New Oil Boom
Oil Price
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July 9, 2025
At the recent gathering of BRICS nations in Brazil, the members’ joint statement contained an interesting assertion. BRICS leaders said that, while recognizing the need for an energy transition, they “acknowledge fossil fuels will still play an...
Brazil’s President rebukes Trump over tariff threat and Bolsonaro comments
BNO News
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July 10, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism of Brazil’s judiciary and his threat to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports, calling the remarks an attack on national sovereignty and judicial...
MEXICALI BRIEFS: Truck drivers detained, deported
Imperial Valley Press - California
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BORDER Truck drivers detained, deported On July 1, 2025, nearly 20 trucking drivers from Mexicali were detained and deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Imperial Valley for allegedly engaging in cabotage—a practice...
Brazil’s president hits back at Trump’s 50% tariff announcement
SABC News
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July 10, 2025
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hit back at US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 50% tariff on Brazilian exports to the United States, warning that it would be addressed in terms of Brazil’s Reciprocity Law. President...
Corruption claims and political miscalculations
Buenos Aires Times
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July 12, 2025
Things are getting hairy out there for the Javier Milei administration. With the election campaign in full swing, the pressure is on for the self-proclaimed “anarcho-capitalist” inhabiting the Casa Rosada to execute a “purple tide” and produce a...
Brazil, Japan, Sri Lanka — 22 countries hit with Donald Trump’s ‘common sense’ tariffs up to 50% | Complete list
Mint
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July 10, 2025
US President Donald Trump explained that the new tariff rates were based on “common sense” and trade imbalances, although this was inconsistent with what he wrote in his letter to Brazil, according to an AP report. He also admitted that he hadn’t...
Brazil Hits Back At Trump’s 50 Per Cent Tariff With ‘Economic Reciprocity Law’, Rejects Interference In Internal Affairs
News24
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July 10, 2025
After United States President Donald Trump announced a 50 per cent tariff on imports from Brazil, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday issued a firm response by invoking the country’s “Economic Reciprocity Law.” While...
Brazil responds to US tariff with defiance: 'Reject any form of tutelage'
Asianet Newsable
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July 10, 2025
Brazilian President Lula rejected Trump's proposed 50% tariff on Brazilian imports and call to halt Jair Bolsonaro's trial. Lula asserted Brazil's sovereignty, citing its "Economic Reciprocity Law" to counter tariffs. Brazilian President Luiz...
Dominican Republic cuts homicide rate to 8.3, now second safest in Latin America, President says
Dominican Today
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July 8, 2025
Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader announced today that the Dominican Republic’s homicide rate has fallen from 13.79 per 100,000 inhabitants in June 2023 to 8.3 in July 2025, according to the latest Inside Crime report. This decline places...
Prabowo prioritizes Indonesian workers in landmark US trade agreement
Antara
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July 16, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto has stated that the government prioritizes the interests of Indonesians and the protection of Indonesian workers in every international trade agreement, including the one recently reached with the...
Trump Administration to End Long-Standing Immigration Shield for Central Americans
TFPP Wire
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July 7, 2025
The Trump administration has announced its plan to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduran and Nicaraguan nationals, a program originally created after Hurricane Mitch devastated Central America in 1998. Officials now say both countries...
Meet The New WHCA President, Just As Lib As The Last WHCA President
The Daily Caller
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A new president took the helm of the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) on Tuesday, but CBS News’s Weija Jiang’s tenure seemingly won’t be much of a departure from the reign of her predecessor. Jiang has served as CBS’ Senior White...
The Politics of Growth
Groundviews
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July 12, 2025
Photo courtesy of Bloomberg “The old order changeth, yielding place to new.” Tennyson “… the old is dying and the new cannot be born.” Gramsci The big question facing Sri Lanka today is not how growth can be sustained; it’s whether it can be...
Brazil Assets Plunge After Trump Hikes Tariff Rate to 50%
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods sent the country’s currency plunging as the US leader sharply escalated a dispute with Latin America’s largest nation and leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Most...
Brazil’s president rebuffs demand to cease inquiry into Bolsonaro after Trump tariffs – as it happened
The Guardian
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July 10, 2025
Brazil’s president rejects Trump's effort to use tariffs to extract political concessionsBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, firmly rejected Donald Trump’s demand that legal proceedings against former president Jair Bolsonaro be dropped...
Taking stock of Trump’s immigration requests on the emergency docket
Detroit Legal News - Michigan
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July 16, 2025
Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement practices. Please note that the views of outside...
Mexico seeks deal with U.S. on tariffs
Xinhua News Agency
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MEXICO CITY, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Mexican officials will meet with their U.S. counterparts in Washington next week to hold "the best possible negotiation" on trade tariffs, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday. At her daily press conference,...
Brazil's vows ‘reciprocity’ after Donald Trump imposes 50% tariff
Mint
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July 10, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday vowed to address the import tariffs imposed by Donald Trump with reciprocity under the the country’s economic reciprocity law. President Lula's public statement on X comes hours after...
‘Brazil will not accept tutelage’: Lula vs Trump as US imposes 50% tariffs
The Indian Express
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July 10, 2025
US vs Brazil: Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hit back at his American counterpart, Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 50 per cent tariff on Brazilian imports, calling the move an affront to Brazil’s sovereignty and judicial...