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Torrevieja’s Brazil-Spain intercultural programme
Euro Weekly News
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July 18, 2025
Torrevieja will host a cultural exchange programme for Brazil and Spain. Photo Credit: StockSnap via Pixabay From July 21 to July 25, The University of Alicante’s campus in Torrevieja, along with the Department of Tourism in the Torrevieja Town...
U.S. to probe Brazil’s agricultural trade practices
Capital Press - Oregon
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July 18, 2025
Published 9:02 am Friday, July 18, 2025 The U.S. Trade Representative will investigate Brazil’s agricultural trade practices and possibly establish grounds for trade sanctions. The motto on the flag translates in English as ‘Order and Progress.’...
JULY 18 UPDATE: Lots of new Businesses Coming to West Georgia
The City Menus
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July 18, 2025
Photo: Subaru Newnan Our pinpointed coverage area includes the cities of Bremen, Bowdon, Carrollton, Heflin, Griffin, LaGrange, Newnan, Peachtree City, Sharpsburg, Temple, and Villa Rica. Dallas, Douglasville, Hiram, and Oxford, AL are outside our...
Brazil’s Congress passes ‘devastation bill’ in major environmental setback
Mongabay
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July 17, 2025
Lawmakers approved a bill that weakens Brazil’s environmental licensing framework, which creates self-approving licensing and hands decisions to local politicians. The new law eases critical impact studies for large-scale enterprises such as...
China is the Driving Force Behind More, Newer Renewable Energies in Latin America
Inter Press Service
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July 18, 2025
Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Energy, Featured, Globalisation, Green Economy, Headlines, Latin America & the Caribbean, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Energy The Cauchari Solar Plant in Jujuy, Argentina,...
Bybit partners with Manteca to scale its offering in Argentina and Brazil
Markets Insider
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Dubai, UAE, July 18th, 2025, Chainwire With the regional startup’s technology, the crypto giant doubles down on Latin America and launches QR and PIX payments through Bybit Pay Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading...
22 cities unite in new global partnership to strengthen urban resilience through public health and prevention
Ethical Marketing News
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July 18, 2025
Kris Licht, CEO of Reckitt and member of the Sustainable Markets Initiative Health Systems Task Force, said:“As climate change intensifies public health challenges, adding pressure to health systems, with vulnerable and low-income communities...
Los Cabos Seeks Tourists Beyond Traditional American Visitors
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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July 18, 2025
Fiturca Los Cabos targets global tourism markets beyond the US with new flights and year‑round marketing to boost the local economy. Fiturca Los Cabos is shifting its focus beyond traditional American visitors by actively courting new traveler...
How South America’s Rail Dream Could Reshape Global Trade
LatinAmerican Post
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July 18, 2025
Imagine boarding a train on Brazil’s Atlantic coast at dawn and disembarking in Peru’s Pacific port of Chancay before dinner—without setting foot in a shipyard. South America’s proposed ambitious 2,800-mile railway could seamlessly rewrite global...
Brazil's Rogue Court Is Receiving Global Blowback
Reason Magazine
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July 17, 2025
Brazil's highest court is no longer acting like an independent arbiter of justice. In recent years, the Supreme Federal Court has transformed into an overtly political actor—censoring dissent, banning platforms, and prosecuting opposition figures,...
Bolsonaro gagged, shut out: ‘No social media, no comms’ — Things he can't do
Mint
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July 18, 2025
Brazil ex-President Jair Bolsonaro is under intense scrutiny following searches conducted by the federal police at his home and his party's headquarters in Brasília. Once the Brazil president, Jair Bolsonaro now finds himself under tight...
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The Porterville Recorder - California
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Congress approves Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid. Democrats argued that...
Weekly economic wrap: US tariffs, mining production and retail sales
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 18, 2025
The US tariffs have turned the global economy into a roller-coaster as it affects every part of economic growth and decline. In what was supposed to be a quiet week on the economic front, US tariffs kept people watching the economic news, while...
Reckitt to Divest Essential Home Business
Consumer Goods Technology
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July 18, 2025
The Reckitt Benckiser Group is selling its essential home business to global private equity firm Advent International in a $4.8 billion deal. As part of the agreement, Reckitt will retain a 30% equity stake in the business. The transaction...
BRICS media should leads the charge for an inclusive global narrative
Sunday Independent
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July 18, 2025
Adri Senekal de Wet|Published 1 hour ago 3min AS leaders and media representatives from across the BRICS nations gathered in Rio de Janeiro for this year’s BRICS Media Forum, we found ourselves at a critical juncture in global media and...
Real Madrid rocked by huge Vinicius Jr offer, as Brazilian weighs up record-breaking exit: report
FourFourTwo
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July 18, 2025
Real Madrid have been given plenty to think about with an historic offer on the table for winger Vinicius Jr. The 25-year-old, ranked at no.3 in FourFourTwo's list of the best left wingers in the world right now, is widely regarded as one of the...
Rise in sex parties in Brazil upends country’s gay nightlife
Washington Blade - Washington D.C.
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July 18, 2025
Gay nightlife in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro and other cities with great tourist, is going through a difficult time. If in the past there were countless LGBTQ nightclubs scattered around the city, with the vast majority of them in...
Missing the multipolar train? Why Argentina should follow Brazil's lead on Russia
Valdai Discussion Club
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At stake is Argentina’s ability to secure investment, technology transfers, and market access in an increasingly fragmented global system — where, as Brazil demonstrates, strategic autonomy need not mean choosing between East and West, writes...
‘Never thought of fleeing…’: Brazil ex-prez after court orders ankle monitor
Mint
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July 18, 2025
In first comments after being ordered to wear an ankle monitor, cease all communication with his son and diplomats, and stop using social media, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday slammed the country's top court and said its...
Brazil’s environment minister fights fellow evangelicals on Amazon protection
Religion News Service
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July 17, 2025
(RNS) — As in the United States, Brazil’s public life has become deeply polarized along political and religious divides, with many evangelical Christians aligning with conservatives opposing progressive policies about minority rights, the role of...