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Brazil’s Blackout Exposes a Grid Caught Between Renewables Boom and Data-Center Ambitions
A sudden power outage on October 14 left millions in Brazil without electricity and briefly darkened critical sites from airports to hospitals. Authorities said the trigger was a fire at a high-voltage substation in Paraná. Power was restored...
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Trump Rewrites Latin America’s Balancing Act Between Washington and Beijing
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has shaken Latin America’s foreign policy calculus. From Mexico’s tariff pivot to Brazil’s judicial defiance, governments are recalibrating between Washington and Beijing. The result isn’t tidy alignment,...
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María Fernanda Espinosa | Overcoming Latin America’s mounting debt crises
Earlier this year, the International Monetary Fund declared that “debt levels have stabilised and are projected to remain stable or slightly decline” in emerging markets and developing economies. But this sanguine assessment certainly does not...
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Guyana a gateway to more than 400 million consumers across Latin America & C’bean – Go-Invest Head
The International Business Conference (IBC) 2025 continued on Wednesday with an emphatic message from Guyana’s Chief Investment Officer, Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, who underscored that Guyana’s rising investment profile must be viewed not in isolation...
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Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin meets Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, focus on trade, economy
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Brazilian Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, met with Vice President CP Radhakrishnan in New Delhi on Thursday as part of his official visit aimed at...
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Brazilian cities improve sustainable development index in 2025
The 2025 Sustainable Development Index for Cities (IDSC-BR) – which measures progress and challenges faced by Brazilian municipalities in eradicating poverty and protecting the planet – revealed an improvement in the nation’s average, which this...
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Brazilian exchange student enjoying her time in Kirkland Lake
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News KLDCS Brazilian Rotary exchange student Luisa Souza is acclimatizing well to her new surroundings and is looking forward to her year here in Kirkland Lake. Photo by BRAD SHERRATT /Northern News A new country,...
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Argentina’s Endless Cycle: Why Sovereign Debt Crises Keep Returning
Cyclical crises, exemplified by Argentina’s repeated sovereign debt defaults, exhibit recurring patterns of financial distress, currency depreciation and external shocks. The Schumpeterian framework of creative destruction, created by Austrian...
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Brazil to ask countries at Cop30 to vastly increase biofuel use, leak suggests
Brazil will ask countries to quadruple the global use of “sustainable fuels”, including controversial biofuels, despite concerns from environmental experts, the Guardian has learned. A leaked document seen by the Guardian sets out a draft pledge...
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Brazil showcases finance ministers’ plan for $1.3 trln
[Source: Reuters] A group of 35 finance ministers laid out suggestions for scaling climate finance to $1.3 trillion a year, a key demand by developing nations ahead of this year’s COP30 talks in Brazil. In the first-of-its-kind report, the Circle...
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IICA discussion pinpoints aspects of governance, public investment, and environmental financing as essential for enhancing regional agricultural and food networks
Luis Rosa Pérez, Project Manager for Green SMEs at CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean; Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, Special Advisor to IICA; Marco Zapata, IICA Representative in Costa Rica; and Carmine Paolo De Salvo, Rural...
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UN warns Colombia of mercury contamination in local river
The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato River basin has created a “serious and ongoing human rights crisis,” threatening the health and survival of Indigenous and Afro-descendant...
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Renewables are now the world’s biggest source of electricity. Is it enough to stop climate change?
Published on 14/10/2025 - 19:30 GMT+2 Europe must strive for bolder renewable energy targets to protect the climate, despite making world-record progress. This year, worldwide solar and wind power generation outpaced electricity demand, while...
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CO₂ levels hit record high in 2024, UN agency warns of vicious climate cycle
Carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere rose by a record 3.5 parts per million (ppm) between 2023 and 2024, marking the largest annual increase since measurements began in 1957, according to the latest World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)...
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India, Brazil agree to expand scope of existing trade pact between India-Mercosur bloc
New Delhi: India and Brazil on Thursday agreed to expand the scope of existing preferential trade pact between New Delhi and four South American nation bloc Mercosur to boost economic ties. Mercosur is a trading bloc in Latin America, comprising...
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G20 ministers call for urgent action to bridge climate financing gap
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CAPE TOWN, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Group of 20 (G20) Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group Ministerial Meeting opened Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa, marking a decade since the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Opening the...
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Indigenous monitoring project helps protect isolated peoples in Colombia’s Amazon
Indigenous communities neighboring the peoples living in isolation in Colombian Amazon have spent more than a decade helping the latter remain separate from the outside world. Members of the Curare-Los Ingleses Indigenous Reserve and of the...
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India, Brazil Ramp Up Trade And Strategic Cooperation
Home Brazil India, Brazil Ramp Up Trade And Strategic Cooperation New Delhi and Brasília move to widen their Preferential Trade Agreement and deepen ties across agriculture, defence, technology, and clean energy. India and Brazil have agreed to...
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Brazil to ask countries at Cop30 to vastly increase biofuel use, leak suggests
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Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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Brazil will ask countries to quadruple the global use of “sustainable fuels”, including controversial biofuels, despite concerns from environmental experts, the Guardian has learned. A leaked document seen by the Guardian sets out a draft pledge...
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A greenhouse empire: Inside Mexico’s booming protected agriculture industry
Mexico’s agricultural landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. The rise of Protected Agriculture (PA) — including greenhouses, shade houses and plastic tunnels — has turned what was once a niche segment into a booming industry. Today,...
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