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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....
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Mexico in September
The Yucatan Times
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August 15, 2025
20 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Mexico in September to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, a senior official familiar with the matter said Friday, August 15th. The meeting comes as America’s neighbors deal with U.S....
Home Depot Vs. Lowe's: Which Is The Best Investment As Q2 Results Approach?
myMotherLode - California
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Friday, August 15, 2025 10:10 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay Looking ahead to next week’s earnings lineup, retail earnings from Home Depot (HD - Free Report) and Lowe’s (LOW - Free Report) will be a highlight, and it may be a worthy topic of whether...
Five Key Recommendations to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean
JD Supra - California
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August 14, 2025
Cybersecurity is now a core element of legal, regulatory, and business risk management. In Latin America and the Caribbean, organizations face mounting pressure to demonstrate proactive compliance with evolving data protection laws,...
Argentina’s Milei to use Genesis Prize money to deepen Israel-Latin America ties
The Times of Israel
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August 15, 2025
JTA — The Genesis Prize Foundation, dubbed the “Jewish Nobel,” announced Monday that its $1 million award to Argentinian President Javier Milei will support a new initiative aimed at deepening ties between Israel and Latin America. Conceived by...
Investing $750 Million For New World Screwworm Protection Facility in Edinburg
Texas Border Business
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August 15, 2025
Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced at a press conference that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $750 million in a new Domestic Sterile Screwworm Production Facility to combat the...
Brazil's Lula Calls Trump a Liar, Refuse to Negotiate on Trade
Breitbart
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August 15, 2025
Radical leftist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva claimed on Thursday evening that President Donald Trump “lied” about Brazil being a poor trading partner and asserted that the South American country will not bow down to the U.S....
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Has a Warning for New York
PJ Media - Virginia
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August 15, 2025
Earlier this week, I wrote about how Donald Trump and Marco Rubio seem to be ramping up efforts to bring Nicolás Maduro to justice and, with any luck, pave the way for a free and liberated Venezuela. In the wake of these recent efforts, Venezuelan...
US court halts YPF share turnover in Argentina’s $16.1bn dispute
The Sun Daily
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August 15, 2025
NEW YORK: A US appeals court has temporarily halted an order requiring Argentina to surrender its 51% stake in YPF to satisfy a $16.1 billion judgment. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan paused the June 30 turnover ruling while...
Brazil Attorney General’s Office requests that Meta remove illegal gambling ads
iGB
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August 14, 2025
Home > Offshore gaming > Brazil Attorney General’s Office requests that Meta remove illegal gambling ads 14th August 2025 | By Kyle Goldsmith With licensed advertising already under the microscope in Brazil, the Attorney General's Office is now...
Mexico Ships 26 Alleged Cartel Figures to US in Major Extradition.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 15, 2025
- Advertisement - Mexico has sent 26 inmates to the United States, all suspected of holding high-level roles in some of the country’s most powerful drug cartels. This is the second large prisoner transfer of the year. US officials said the group...
Brazil lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro meets US Treasury chief amid push for sanctions
The Gazette - Colorado
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro said on Friday he met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier this week, as he lobbies for sanctions against officials involved in the trial of his father, former President Jair...
Venezuelan Arsenal Grows as Russian Ties Face Limits in Cash and Crude
LatinAmerican Post
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August 15, 2025
An Americas Quarterly report shows that, under parading tanks and promises of missiles, Venezuela is tightening its bond with Russia. But behind the theater lies a harsher truth: Maduro wants investment, oil output, and loans. Moscow offers...
Venezuela’s Communal Project: A Conversation with Ángel Prado
Venezuelanalysis
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August 15, 2025
Ángel Prado is a founder of the El Maizal Commune in central-western Venezuela and a key leader of the Communard Union, an organization that brings together some eighty communes. Since June 2024, Prado has been Minister of Communes. In that...
Brazilian government announces a $5.5 billion package to counteract Trump’s tariffs
Fresh Fruit Portal
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August 15, 2025
Writing and reporting by Camila Gutiérrez The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, launched the ‘Sovereign Brazil Plan’, a set of measures and initiatives aimed at offsetting the economic impacts of the 50 percent tariff imposed on...
CIBC Caribbean’s 2025 Walk for the Cure and 5K set for September 27
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 16, 2025
Sports Roneil Walcott 6 Hrs Ago Robert Dumas, from left, chairman of the TT Cancer Society; Mahadeo Sebarath, head of country Trinidad CIBC; and Anthony Stoude, event director at the launch of the Walk for the Cure and 5K at CIBC Caribbean on Long...
Brazil’s Market Tug-of-War: Locals Cash Out, Foreigners Double Down in 2025
The Rio Times
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August 15, 2025
Brazil’s stock market in 2025 reveals a sharp split between those who know the country best and outsiders chasing deals. Official data from B3 show that local institutional investors—such as pension funds and asset managers—have sold R$31.2...
Mexico’s ultra-low carbon methanol plant takes step towards completion
Lloyd's List
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A MEXICAN methanol mega-project has taken another important step to fruition, after a contract to build critical infrastructure was signed with an Italian engineering firm. Transition Industries has signed a heads of agreement contract with...
Finance | Challenges in Emerging Markets Investments
Press Banner - California
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August 15, 2025
“The U.S. innovates, China replicates, and Europe regulates.” —The Christian Science Monitor Developed Markets, Frontier Markets and Emerging Markets Trump tariffs (roughly 25%) punish American consumers, suppliers and foreigners (who will seek...
Brazil SC to start Bolsonaro coup trial in Sept
BDNews24
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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest, ordered by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, as he awaits trial over an alleged plot to overturn the 2022 election, in Brasília, Brazil, Aug 14, 2025....