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Brazil Hits Back At Trump's Tariff Letter, Lula Says If 'He's Going To Charge Us 50, We'e Going To Charge Him 50'

Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued a warning Thursday about potential retaliatory tariffs if the U.S. proceeds with its planned 50% tax on Brazilian imports from Aug. 1.

Benzinga

Trump v Lula: what to know about the tariffs spat between the US and Brazil

Brazilian president threatened a 50% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump’s levy on the Latin American country

The Guardian - US

‘He is not guilty of anything’: Donald Trump threatens tariffs on South American country because someone was ‘mean’ to his buddy

Don't worry, Trump's tariffs make perfect economic sense.

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Lula threatens 50% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump levy on Brazil

Brazilian president says ‘if he charges us 50%, we’ll charge him 50%’ after Trump cited trial of Bolsonaro to justify tariff

The Guardian - US

Tariff Vengeance

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Reason

Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing ‘witch hunt’ trial against country’s former president

Brazil’s prosecutor-general has filed charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

Euronews

Trump Sends Lula A Letter Imposing 50% Tariffs, Calls Bolsonaro Trial A 'Witch Hunt' — Brazil's President Hits Back: 'Will Not Accept Any Form Of Tutelage'

Tensions are flaring between the United States and Brazil following President Donald Trump’s threats of sweeping 50% tariffs on imports from the South American nation.

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Trump’s trade war chaos has U.S. allies asking ‘Is this how America treats its friends?’ as majorities now see America as biggest threat

Deeply regrettable friendship.

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Apocalypse in the Tropics review – how Brazilian politics succumbed to rightwing fundamentalism

Petra Costa explains how screeching evangelical Christian leaders have become kingmakers to all politicians in a chilling documentary that shows democracy on the brink

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump threatens ‘un-American’ BRICS countries with 10 percent tariff

Brazilian President Lula responded to Trump’s tariff threats by saying the world does not ‘want an emperor’.

Al Jazeera

‘Terrible thing’: Trump defends Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro against coup trial

Both right-wing leaders have faced legal action for allegedly attempting to overturn their election losses.

Al Jazeera

Trump says Bolsonaro ‘not guilty of anything’ amid Brazil coup trial

President Lula rejects foreign ‘interference’ as Trump claims far-right former leader victim of ‘witch-hunt’

The Guardian - US

Bolsonaro wanted to exterminate us, claims Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire

Kayapó chief tells in memoir of seeing former president in his dreams and of warning Lula not to repeat past mistakes

The Guardian - UK

‘God chose you, Jair Bolsonaro!’ Is Brazil now in the grip of evangelicals?

From TV soaps to the supreme court to the top job, Christian fundamentalists are on a power-grab in the country. We meet the director of Apocalypse in the Tropics, a new film charting their rise

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Nations are increasingly ‘playing the field’ when it comes to US and China – a new book explains explains why ‘active nonalignment’ is on the march

In 2020, as Latin American countries were contending with the triple challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global economic shock and U.S. policy under the first Trump administration, Jorge Heine, research professor at Boston University and a former Chilean ambassador, in association with two colleagues, Carlos Fortin and Carlos Ominami,…

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Brics summit in Brazil tries to reinvent collective approach to world’s problems

President Lula rebukes wealthy countries for retreating on climate and trade but bloc is divided and unbalanced

Euronews

BRICS group slams tariffs and Iran conflict at summit in Brazil

BRICS leaders are set to discuss key global political issues, but questions over the bloc’s unity have arisen as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have opted to skip the summit.

Euronews

BRICS summit opens in Brazil with key leaders notably absent

BRICS leaders set to discuss key global political issues in Rio de Janeiro, but questions over the bloc’s cohesion arise as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin opt to skip the summit.

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Lula visits former Argentinian president under house arrest in snub to Milei

Brazilian president meets Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at her flat in Buenos Aires after regional summit

The Independent UK

Brazil’s outspoken first lady won’t be silenced

Janja, a 58-year-old sociologist, has drawn criticism for insulting tech billionaire Elon Musk

The Independent UK

Brazil confronts military officers accused of plotting a coup in historic trial

Brazil's Supreme Court had a historic moment on Tuesday when it heard a confrontation between an army colonel and general, both disgraced for their involvement in an alleged coup plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in office

The Independent UK

'I was terrified I was going to die.' Rape victims in Brazil struggle to access legal abortions

A Brazilian woman who says she became pregnant after being raped in March should have been granted access to a legal abortion

The Independent UK

Brazil's Bolsonaro used intelligence agency to spy on judges, lawmakers and journalists, police say

Brazil’s federal police accused former president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 others of involvement in a sprawling scheme that used the country’s intelligence agency to spy on members of the judiciary, lawmakers and journalists

The Guardian - UK

Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30

Sale covering 56,000 square miles to go ahead despite opposition Indigenous and environmental groups

The Independent UK

Japan's Princess Kako addresses Brazil's Congress, meets with Lula in presidential palace

Japan’s Princess Kako of Akishino, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, was welcomed by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at a private ceremony

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