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Brazil authorities raid Bolsonaro’s home, require him to wear monitor | News

Brazil authorities raid Bolsonaro’s home, require him to wear monitor | News

Authorities accuse Bolsonaro of working with US to impose Brazil sanctions, as Trump threatens 50 percent tariffs. Federal police have raided the home and headquarters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, with authorities ordering him to wear an ankle monitor amid concerns he may flee the country. Police in a statement on Friday said they had issued search warrants ordered …

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Bolsonaro: Brazil police raid ex-president home, fit ankle tag amid flight risk concern

Bolsonaro: Brazil police raid ex-president home, fit ankle tag amid flight risk concern

CNN  —  Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties, ordering the former president to wear an electronic ankle tag, barring him from speaking to foreign officials or approaching embassies and prohibiting him from using social media. The restrictions, ordered by Brazil’s Supreme Court, were motivated by concerns that Bolsonaro …

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Trump’s Brazil Tariff Threats Rekindle Support for President Lula – The New York Times

Trump’s Brazil Tariff Threats Rekindle Support for President Lula  The New York Times US launches probe into Brazil’s trade practices  CNN Trump’s Brazil tariffs are ‘grotesquely illegal,’ says Nobel Prize-winning economist  NPR Lula’s approval ticks up in Brazil after Trump threatens tariffs, poll shows  Reuters Brazil matters. Trump is right to interfere in its political, economic business | Opinion  Miami Herald Source link

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Lula's approval ticks up in Brazil after Trump threatens tariffs, poll shows – Reuters

Lula’s approval ticks up in Brazil after Trump threatens tariffs, poll shows  Reuters Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil  The New York Times ‘The president is pissed’: Trump’s Brazil tariff threat is part of a bigger geopolitical dispute  Politico Trump’s new political tariff pageantry hits Brazil — and American consumers  The Hill Brazil matters. Trump is right to interfere in its political, economic …

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‘A family of traitors’: Trump’s Brazil tariffs ultimatum backfires on Bolsonaro | Brazil

‘A family of traitors’: Trump’s Brazil tariffs ultimatum backfires on Bolsonaro | Brazil

Silvana Marques was one of thousands of Brazilians who flocked to São Paulo’s most famous art museum one afternoon last week. But the 51-year-old teacher wasn’t there to marvel over fog-filled London landscapes at Masp’s new Monet retrospective. She had come to join a protest heaping scorn on Donald Trump. Beneath the museum’s brutalist hulk, Marques spotted a cardboard effigy …

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Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil – The New York Times

Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil  The New York Times Trump’s Brazil tariffs are ‘grotesquely illegal,’ says Nobel Prize-winning economist  NPR Brazilian meatpackers rethink beef exports to US after tariffs, industry lobby says  Reuters Head of Trump’s economic council circles around questions on 50 percent tariff on Brazil  Politico Brazil matters. Trump is right to interfere in its political, economic business | Opinion  Miami …

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Trump Brazil tariffs ‘illegal,’ says economist Paul Krugman : NPR

Trump Brazil tariffs ‘illegal,’ says economist Paul Krugman : NPR

Protesters hold up an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump in response to Trump’s announcement of 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods, in Sao Paulo, Thursday, July 10. Andre Penner/AP hide caption toggle caption Andre Penner/AP President Trump’s threat to impose higher tariffs on Brazil is “grotesquely illegal,” says Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. Brazil was among the countries Trump threatened …

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The latest tariffs against the EU, Mexico, and Brazil are also the most dangerous.

The latest tariffs against the EU, Mexico, and Brazil are also the most dangerous.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Once again, President Donald Trump is delaying his own tariffs. In April, after introducing jaw-droppingly high, possibly chatbot-calculated “reciprocal” tariffs that he planned to impose on all the United States’ major trading partners, Trump agreed to back off from …

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Head of Trump’s economic council circles around questions on 50 percent tariff on Brazil – Politico

Head of Trump’s economic council circles around questions on 50 percent tariff on Brazil  Politico White House defends tariffs on Brazil despite trade surplus  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Opinion | Trump’s Brazilian Trade War  The Wall Street Journal Tariffs on Brazil Could Leave Coffee Drinkers With a Headache  The New York Times Trump says he will speak to Lula …

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