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Manchester United sign Paraguayan defender Diego Leon
Manchester United have announced the signing of highly rated young defender Diego Leon, subject to registration. The Paraguay youth international has joined from Cerro Porteño in his homeland, the club said in a statement, News.Az reports. The...

Man United sign £7m South American wonderkid, 18, as Ruben Amorim's second summer recruit
By YASEEN ZAMAN Published: 07:15 EDT, 5 July 2025 | Updated: 08:03 EDT, 5 July 2025 Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Paraguayan teenage sensation Diego Leon ahead of next week's pre-season training. United agreed a deal worth up to...

Manchester United sign teenage Paraguayan defender Diego Leon
By contributor PA Sport Staff Paraguay youth international Diego Leon has become Manchester United’s second summer signing (Zac Goodwin/PA) Manchester United have signed Paraguay youth international Diego Leon. The 18-year full-back becomes...

Man United sign Leon, Walker leaves City for Burnley
Manchester United have signed Paraguay youth international Diego Leon. The 18-year full-back becomes United's second signing of the summer following the arrival of Wolves forward Matheus Cunha. Leon joins from Paraguayan club Cerro Porteno, where...

Taiwan grants preferential tariffs to 19 Paraguayan products
Taipei, July 5 (CNA) Taiwan began offering preferential tariff treatment on 19 products imported from Paraguay on Saturday, under a resolution signed last year as part of the Economic Cooperation Agreement (ECA) between the two countries, the...

Lula Urges MERCOSUR to Adopt Local Currencies for International Trade Payments
Brazilian President Lula da Silva (L) and Argentine President Javier Milei (R), July 3, 2025. X/ @atanimaciones July 3, 2025 Hour: 11:18 am On Thursday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva called on member countries of the Southern Common Market...

Paraguay’s Beef Exports Surge To Over US$1 Billion In Remarkable First Half Of 2025
Paraguay’s beef industry is booming! The National Animal Health and Quality Service (SENACSA) reports that over US$1,056,135,495 worth of beef exports were recorded in the first six months of 2025. That is a whopping 37% increase compared to the...

Brazil Pushes Mercosur–Panama Trade Talks as Bloc Seeks New Markets
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed that Brazil will support starting free trade talks between Mercosur and Panama. He made this announcement during a meeting with Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino at the Mercosur summit in...

Hackers steal $140M from Brazilian central bank reserve accounts via partner breach
Hackers siphoned about R$800 million ($140 million) from six reserve accounts connected to Brazil’s central bank after breaching São Paulo-based software vendor C&M Software on June 30, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT and reports from...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Inpasa: Vibra's founder's family has invested in Vibra to achieve financial goals
Inpasa, an ethanol producer, said that on Friday a family fund connected to its founder had invested in Brazilian fuel retailer Vibra. The investment was made with purely financial goals and has no connection to Inpasa's operations. The news...

Brazil To Prioritize Agreements As Mercosur Leader
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – Upon assuming the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur at a summit on Thursday (3) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that one of Brazil's priorities...

Paraguay Air Force Accepts Four Super Tucano Aircraft From Embraer
Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer has delivered four A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the Paraguayan Air Force under a contract signed in 2024. Asunción received the planes during a ceremony at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in...

Brazil's Lula pledges 'solidarity' as he visits house-confined Fernández de Kirchner
Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at her apartment on Thursday in Buenos Aires, where the Argentine ex-president is under house arrest, wishing her “the strength to continue fighting.” President Lula arrived...

Brazil's Lula pledges 'solidarity' as he visits house-confined Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at her apartment on Thursday in Buenos Aires, where the Argentine ex-president is under house arrest, wishing her “the strength to continue fighting.” President Lula arrived...

Brazil's Lula to visit Paraguay following invitation from President Pena
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday accepted an invitation from his Paraguayan counterpart, Santiago Pena, to visit the neighboring country, the Brazilian government said in a statement. The two Latin...

Brazil's Lula vists Argentina's Kirchner, under house arrest
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited left-wing ally Cristina Kirchner on Thursday in Buenos Aires, where the former Argentine leader is under house arrest, wishing her "the strength to continue fighting." Lula arrived at Kirchner's...

Brazil’s Lula da Silva promises to fortify Mercosur’s trade with foreign associates
Updated at 3:09 p.m. Brazilian President Lula da Silva promised to work toward “fortifying inter-bloc trade with foreign associates” in the next semester as pro tempore Mercosur president after receiving the post from his Argentine counterpart...

Brazilian President Lula Visits Cristina Fernandez at Her Home
Lula da Silva (L) and Cristina Fernandez (R), July 3, 2025. X/ @BormidaLiliana July 3, 2025 Hour: 1:55 pm On Thursday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva visited former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez at her home in Buenos Aires, where she...

Paraguay accepts first four Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos from 2024 order
A new Embraer A-29 Super Tucano arrives in Asunción, Paraguay. The four deliveries, with two more expected, will reinvigorate the FAPʼs combat fleet. (Paraguayan Air Force) The Paraguayan Air Force (FAP) received the first four of six Embraer A-29...