Trump’s tariff threat to Brazil is a gift to Lula | Business and Economy
In a provocative move that fuses foreign policy with ideological allegiance, United States President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on…
New amnesty law for human rights abuses in Peru prompts fury, action | Crimes Against Humanity News
Lawyers for victims of human rights abuses committed during Peru’s decades-long armed conflict have pledged to appeal to international bodies to overturn a law passed…
Protests in Brazil condemn Trump’s 50% tariffs | Newsfeed
NewsFeedProtesters in Brazil burned an effigy of Donald Trump as they gathered to condemn 50% US tariffs announced for Brazilian goods, which Trump has linked…
Son of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ set for guilty plea in US trafficking case | Drugs News
Ovidio Guzman Lopez plans to change his not guilty plea during a hearing after arrest in 2023.A son of the infamous Mexican drug cartel boss…
Argentina’s ex-president Fernandez to stand trial for corruption | Corruption News
Former leader accused of using a broker married to his personal secretary to secure government insurance policies.Argentina’s former President, Alberto Fernandez, has been ordered to stand trial…
Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum blasts US screwworm response as ‘exaggerated’ | Agriculture News
The US has closed its ports of entry to Mexican cattle for fear of the parasitic, flesh-eating worm spreading north.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has denounced…
Trump singles out Brazil for 50 percent tariffs, citing political motives | Donald Trump News
United States President Donald Trump has continued to publish letters announcing individualised tariff hikes for foreign trading partners. But on Wednesday, one of those letters…
‘Never touched a gun’: Colombia fighters step up child soldier recruitment | FARC News
The last time Marta saw her 14-year-old son was three months ago – he was wearing rebel army fatigues and holding a rifle as he…
Trump set to announce 50 percent tariff on copper | Donald Trump News
The US imports roughly half of its copper needs each year, which is used in construction, transportation and electronics.United States President Donald Trump has said…
What difference has BRICS made on the world stage? | Politics
The bloc of nations has expanded and aims to reform what it calls a Western-led global order.The 17th BRICS summit is being held in Brazil,…
‘Terrible thing’: Trump defends Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro against coup trial | Donald Trump News
United States President Donald Trump has taken to social media to defend his fellow right-wing leader, Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president who faces criminal…
Donald Trump threatens ‘un-American’ BRICS countries with 10-percent tariff | Donald Trump News
Brazil’s President Lula responded to Trump’s tariff threats by saying the world does not ‘want an emperor’ who lashes out over the internet.United States President…
Why is drought-hit Brazil saying yes to AI data centers? | Science and Technology News
Brazil is turning to AI data centers to boost its economy, but critics say they put our ecological future at risk.When AI data centers come…
BRICS condemns attacks on Iran, Gaza war, Trump tariffs: Key takeaways | Politics News
Leaders of the BRICS bloc have sharply rebuked the United States and Israeli bombardments of Iran in June, calling them a “blatant breach of international…
Trump’s July 9 tariff deadline: What’s next for global trade? | Donald Trump News
The global economy is on tenterhooks in the run-up to United States President Donald Trump’s July 9 deadline for dozens of countries to reach trade…
Suriname elects first female president amid economic uncertainty | Politics News
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to lead the impoverished Latin American country through crisis before oil wealth arrives.Suriname has elected Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as its first female president, with…
Brazil’s leader Lula condemns Gaza ‘genocide’ at BRICS | Israel-Palestine conflict News
BRICS countries have been in disagreement over how strongly to denounce Israel’s bombing of Iran and its actions in Gaza.Brazil’s president says the world must…
Brazil hosts BRICS summit; Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi skip Rio trip | International Trade News
Leaders expected to decry US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism.Leaders of the growing BRICS group are…
Hercules the hero as Fluminense beat Al Hilal in Club World Cup quarters | Football News
Brazil’s Fluminense earn hard-fought 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal to book place in semifinals.Substitute Hercules scored his second goal in as many second-half…
Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr likely to soon be deported to Mexico: Sheinbaum | Migration News
US immigration agents arrested Chavez earlier this week, with authorities alleging ties to Mexican cartel.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced she expects boxer Julio Cesar…