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Brazil Pushes Trade Deals in Response to Trump, Plans to Relaunch Talks with Canada
Folha de Sao Paulo
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August 11, 2025
In response to the tariff war launched by Donald Trump’s administration, Brazil is working to push forward new trade agreements and revive old negotiations to diversify partners and offset the potential loss of market share in the United States....
China’s Great Wall Motors Opens New Brazil Plant As Part Of 10 Billion Reais Investment
The Global Economics
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August 18, 2025
Approximately 50,000 vehicles a year can be produced at the new plant, and Great Wall’s yearly target for Brazil is between 250,000 and 300,000 cars. China’s Great Wall Motors (GWM) recently opened a plant in Brazil and is already scouting for...
Paraguay’s Day Of The Child: A Day Of Innocence, And Courage
The Asunción Times
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August 16, 2025
Every year on 16 August, Paraguay pauses to honour both the joy of childhood, and the solemn memory of one of the most painful events in its history. The Day of the Child is not merely a date for balloons, toys, and laughter. That day that...
American caught smuggling $1M of crack in 17-pound wheel of Parmesan
New York Post
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August 15, 2025
Oh, wheely? A California woman tried to smuggle more than $1 million worth of crack cocaine in a gigantic wheel of Parmesan cheese into the UK, according to reports. Jamie Choi, 23, aroused the suspicions of UK Border Force agents when she arrived...
2nd Junior Pan American Games
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 18, 2025
STRIKING GOLD: Eliza Denning with her gold medal on the podium at the second Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay. WITH another historic finish for The Bahamas, Eliza Denning captured the gold in sailing at the 2nd Junior Pan American...
Record Number of Submissions for Sanfic’s Santiago Lab, as Chilean Project Market Builds International Profile
Variety
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August 18, 2025
The Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic) reported 98.39% more applications this year to its fiction and documentary labs from some 32 countries. Out of 240 applications, 16 fiction projects and 15 documentaries were selected. “Unlike...
Sunderland team news explained as Régis Le Bris makes key call for Burnley clash
Sunderland Echo
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August 23, 2025
Régis Le Bris has named his Sunderland squad to face Burnley Régis Le Bris has made one change to his Sunderland side to face Burnley at Turf Moor this afternoon, with Omar Alderete making his full debut. Alderete replaces Jenson Seelt in the...
Prestigious Camden International Film Festival To Showcase Almost Three Dozen U.S., North American & World Premieres, Many With Oscar Ambitions
Deadline
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August 18, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Some of the greatest documentary talents in the world will be descending on coastal Maine for the 21st edition of the Camden International Film Festival. CIFF announced its lineup today ahead of the event running September 11-14, a...
Brazil, Canada In Talks To Revive Mercosur Trade Negotiations
myMotherLode - California
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Friday, August 15, 2025 3:51 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay Brazil and Canada are ready to revive stalled talks on an “action plan” to free up trade between Ottawa and the Mercosur trade bloc, said Brazil’s foreign trade secretary, Tatiana Prazeres....
Mexico: Solidarity with indigenous woman defender Silvia Pérez Yescas
International Federation for Human Rights
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August 18, 2025
Abie Anongos, CWEARC, Philippines Abigail Severo Vásquez, Colectiva Ayuuk Toxëjk, Mexico Adolfina Kuum Dolie, Komunitas Peduli Lingkungan, Indonesia Adv Muhammad Bux, Sukaar Welfare Organization, Pakistan Agnes Kharshiing, Civil Society Women...
Meet Our 2025 Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant Partners Strengthening Indigenous Knowledge to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change and in Natural Disaster Recovery
Cultural Survival - Massachusetts
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The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is proud to announce our 2025 partnerships with Indigenous communities. At Cultural Survival, we value cultivating long-term relationships with our partners. The Keepers of the Earth Fund is an Indigenous-led...
Ana Brun, the First Paraguayan Actress to Win a Berlinale Silver Bear, Attached to Star in Catalina Torres Puentes’ ‘I Thought I Was Swimming’
Variety
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August 18, 2025
Ana Brun – the first Paraguayan actress to win a prestigious Berlinale Silver Bear, thanks to her debut performance in “The Heiresses” – is starring in Catalina Torres Puentes’ coming-of-age LGBTQ+ drama “I Thought I Was Swimming” (“Anoche creí...
Paraguay Flag Day Glory: Julio Mirena’s Golden Triumph In China
The Asunción Times
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August 15, 2025
Whilst sports-loving Paraguay is currently focused on the ASU2025 Junior Pan American Games, another Paraguayan athlete is chasing medals far away in China. Julio Mirena is, being the sole representative of his country, competing in Chengdu at the...
Lula’s Brazil Sees Trump’s Tariffs and Sanctions as Push for Regime Change
The Rio Times
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August 18, 2025
(Analysis) The Brazilian government views the recent wave of U.S. tariffs and sanctions as part of a broader strategy by President Donald Trump to push for a regime change in Brazil. Officials in Brasília see these actions—chiefly a 50% tariff on...
PR adds more medals at Junior Pan American Games in Paraguay
The San Juan Daily Star - Puerto Rico
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August 18, 2025
Aurora Lugo, pictured, and Yannik Álvarez earned a silver medal for Puerto Rico in mixed doubles on Saturday after losing in the final to the Colombian team in straight sets at the II Asunción 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Paraguay. The pair...
Stage 1, La Vuelta LIVE Updates between Torino and Novara 2025
VAVEL
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August 23, 2025
Race status After the first 65 kilometers of the first stage of La Vuelta, the cyclists are preparing for the only mountain climb in Puerto Bienca - Tomalino. The race leaders, consisting of Pepijn Reinderink, Nicolas Vinokurov, Joel Nicolau, Koen...
Burnley vs Sunderland LIVE Score Updates in Premier League Match
VAVEL
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August 23, 2025
Stay with us, we'll soon be updating you with all the pre-match information, interesting facts, and everything related to this match! Don't forget to follow the match through VAVEL. We'll soon be sharing the most important and relevant information...
Paraguay declares health emergency over measles outbreak
United Press International (UPI)
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A healthcare worker administers a dose of measles vaccine during a vaccination campaign in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in late June. Bolivian health authorities intensified vaccination campaigns in the nine regions of the South American country after the...
Ahead of COP30, South America’s Livestock Lobby is Fighting Hard to Hide Its Methane Impact
Green Queen
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August 18, 2025
5 Mins Read As COP30 approaches, South American meat giants have been pushing GWP*, a controversial methane reporting tool that hides their true emissions, with the help of a UC Davis scientist. Controversy is never too far away from the UN’s...
Smartphone growth fuels global expansion of digital finance
Cyprus Mail
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August 18, 2025
The World Bank’s latest Global Findex Database shows that mobile phones and the internet are transforming financial inclusion worldwide, making digital financial services more accessible, affordable, and widely used. Launched in 2011, the Global...