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08.08.25 - 03:06
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China Seizes Opportunity To Praise ′Beloved Brazilian Coffee′ While Blasting Trump′s ′Bullying′ Tariffs (ZeroHedge)
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China Seizes Opportunity To Praise 'Beloved Brazilian Coffee' While Blasting Trump's 'Bullying' Tariffs
China has quickly stepped up to defend Brazil after President Trump slapped the largest South American economy with 50% tariffs on many goods, which took effect Wednesday.
China is now looking to benefit by expanding access to its market for Brazilian coffee, which one of the products hit hardest by the new trade restrictions, given the US has long ranked as the world's largest coffee importer.
To underscore it is seizing on this new opportunity, China's embassy in Brasília shared a video on X that featured major food delivery company Meituan. "And the exchange goes both ways: Brazil is also strengthening its footprint in China with its popular coffee," the post stated.
China has this week granted export authorization to 183 additional Brazilian coffee companies, with five-year permits - something also announced by the embassy. The drink "is becoming part of everyday l...
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05.08.25 - 03:27
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Bolsonaro Placed Under House Arrest By US-Sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court Head (ZeroHedge)
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Bolsonaro Placed Under House Arrest By US-Sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court Head
Late Monday there's been more escalation in the Trump-Brazil standoff over the legal fate of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The country's top justices have ordered him to be put under house arrest.
The Supreme Court, which is still in the process of ruling on the Bolsonaro case - as he's accused of an alleged coup attempt against his leftist rival President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - has now said he has defied a court order banning Bolsonaro from social media.
Jair Bolsonaro and justice Alexandre de Moraes. source: Secom/TSE
They say he's attacking the nation's institutions while still on trial, and after he's already wearing a ankle monitoring brace.
Brazil has faced US sanctions (targeting among others Bolsonaro's main rival and man driving what Trump has called a "witch hunt" - Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes) as well as the highest tariff rates in the world.
Morae...
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04.03.25 - 13:48
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Power struggle: will Brazil′s booming datacentre industry leave ordinary people in the dark? (The Guardian)
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While millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing – piling pressure on an already fragile system Thirty-six hours by boat from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, Deodato Alves da Silva longs for enough electricity to keep his tucumã and cupuaçu fruits fresh. These highly nutritious Amazonian superfoods are rich in antioxidants and vitamins, and serve as a main source of income for farmers in Silva's area. However, the lack of electricity to refrigerate the fruit makes it hard to sell their produce.Silva's fruit-growing operation is located in the village of Boa Frente, in Novo Aripuanã municipality, one of Brazil's most energy-poor regions, where there is only one diesel-powered electricity generator working for a few hours a day. Continue reading......
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14.02.25 - 22:01
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Erdbeben-Fehlalarm in Brasilien: Google entschuldigt sich (DPA-AFX)
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SAO PAULO (dpa-AFX) - Die Warnung vor einem Erdbeben hat Menschen in den brasilianischen Millionen-Metropolen Sao Paulo und Rio de Janeiro aus dem Schlaf gerissen - gebebt hat die Erde allerdings nicht. Der Alarm erreichte Nutzer von Mobiltelefonen mit ......
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