How Will U.S. Democracy Recover After Trump?
Many Americans, worried about what has become of their democracy under U.S. President Donald Trump, are beginning to wonder whether and how it can recover once he leaves office. While ...
Tag: Brazil
Trump Signs Orders to Close De Minimis Loophole Globally, Raise Tariffs on Brazil to 50%
President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders on Wednesday–one to close the de minimis loophole, which long exempted low-value import shipments into the United States from duties, and ...
Why Brazil Might End Up With Higher Tariffs Than Any Other Nation
Brazilians are bracing for impact. Unless a last-minute negotiated solution is reached, the 50 percent tariff imposed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Brazilian imports is set ...
Would You Visit an Island Populated by Venomous Snakes? We Did.
About 90 miles off the coast of Brazil is a jagged little island crawling with snakes so venomous, the government flat-out banned anyone from going there. Locals call it Ilha ...
Catholic Priest Claims to Document Decade-Long Slave Labor Conditions at Volkswagen Ranch in Brazil
An intrepid Catholic priest documented what he alleges is a trove of evidence that German carmaker Volkswagen trapped and effectively enslaved hundreds of Brazilian workers at a cattle ranch in ...
Trump Dredges Up the Russian Oil Fight
India thought it had found clear waters. Initial U.S. and European hand-wringing over New Delhi’s continued purchases of Russian oil despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine gave way to a grudging ...
Trump’s Tariff Threat Against Brazil Might Politically Boost Lula
Earlier this year, Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left Congress and relocated to the United States. Since then, he’s been lobbying for U.S. President Donald ...
Trump vs. BRICS
BRICS, the coalition of emerging economies that now represents more than half of the world’s population, was in U.S. President Donald Trump’s crosshairs last week. Among other threats, he warned ...
The Dam That Sparked a South American Spying Scandal
Stretching for 5 miles across the Paraná River between Paraguay and Brazil, Itaipu is one of the world’s most powerful hydroelectric dams. In 2016 alone, the binational facility, which has ...
In Rio, BRICS Tries to Play it Safe
This year’s BRICS leaders’ summit was relatively subdued compared with recent meetings of the bloc, which underwent a rapid expansion and recently added several new members. But the event, held ...
