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Arabica Coffee Prices Climb on Concern about a Smaller Brazil Coffee Crop

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) today is up +6.40 (+1.60%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) is down -30 (-0.55%). Coffee prices today are mixed. Arabica coffee prices are higher on concern about a smaller Brazilian coffee crop. Last Tuesday, Rabobank predicted Brazil's 2025/26 arabica coffee crop would fall...

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BRICS Ministers Meet In Brazil Over Trump Trade Policies

Senior diplomats from the BRICS grouping of nations gathered Monday in Brazil to present a united front in the face of US President Donald Trump's aggressive trade policies.

International Business Times

The true story behind the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes

The police shooting of the 27 year old Brazilian national is being made into a Disney+ series

Evening Standard

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Brazil Ex-president Collor De Mello Jailed For Corruption

Brazil's former president Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested and taken to prison Friday to begin serving a nearly nine-year sentence for corruption and money laundering, the latest former leader to face jail time.

International Business Times

Sugar Prices Climb to 2-Week Highs on Brazil Crop Worries

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) Friday closed up +0.26 (+1.45%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed up +9.50 (+1.88%). Sugar prices on Friday rose to 2-week highs and settled moderately higher. Dry weather in Brazil may curb sugarcane yields and is boosting prices. Brazil...

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Arabica Coffee Settles Higher on Brazil Coffee Crop Concerns

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) Friday closed up +1.05 (+0.26%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) closed down -12 (-0.22%). Coffee prices settled mixed on Friday, with arabica posting a 7-week high. Concerns about a smaller Brazil coffee crop are pushing arabica prices higher. On Tuesday, Rabobank predicted Brazil's...

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Leading by example: how the rich and powerful can inspire more climate action

In a survey covering the UK, China, Sweden and Brazil, a majority of people agreed that we need to drastically change the way we live and how society operates, to address climate change. Another study involving more than 130,000 people across 125 countries found that 69% said they would donate…

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Dry Conditions in Brazil Support Sugar Prices

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) today is up +0.17 (+0.95%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) is up +6.60 (+1.31%). Sugar prices today are moderately higher, with London sugar posting a 2-week high. Dry weather in Brazil may curb sugarcane yields and is boosting prices....

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Concern About a Smaller Brazil Coffee Crop Underpins Arabica Prices

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) today is up +1.50 (+0.38%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) is down -27 (-0.50%). Coffee prices today are mixed, with arabica posting a 7-week high. Concerns about a smaller Brazil coffee crop are pushing arabica prices higher. On Tuesday, Rabobank predicted Brazil's 2025/26...

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'Building trust' key to solving climate crisis, Cop30 president tells RFI

With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, pressure is mounting on all countries to step up their climate commitments. In just over six months, world leaders will convene in Brazil for Cop30. Its president, André Corrêa do Lago, has warned the era of empty promises is over, but…

Radio France Internationale

Will Cop30 in Belém help or harm the Amazon?

Trees are being cleared for rainforest mega-event – but state governor says a ‘new history’ is under way

The Guardian - UK

Chelsea signing Estevao vomits on pitch and stretchered off after scoring for Palmeiras

Brazilian winger struggles with ‘surreal’ altitude in Bolivia as he reassures fans over injury concerns

Evening Standard

Don't Make 'Disappointing' Retreat On Climate, COP30 CEO Urges EU

Europe is "absolutely vital" to the fight against global warming and its leadership must not waver as climate ambition backslides elsewhere, the CEO of November's COP30 summit in Brazil told AFP. In an interview in Paris, Ana Toni urged the European Union to unite around a strong emissions reduction target…

International Business Times

Want to beat authoritarianism? Look to Latin America

The region has grappled with dictatorships, coups and inequality. But its democratic spirit remains vital – and offers a lesson for the US

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A lesson from Brazil – where gig workers have rallied against the right

Rodrigo Nunes, a senior lecturer in political theory, explains how despite harsh economic conditions creating fertile ground for ‘entrepreneur culture’, resistance has sprung up among delivery drivers

The Independent UK

Labor group sues Starbucks, saying it ignores slave-like conditions for workers in Brazil

A labor rights group has alleged that Starbucks sourced coffee from a major Brazilian cooperative whose member farms were cited for keeping workers in slave-like conditions

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Sugar Prices Pressured by Expectations of Increased Brazil Sugar Production

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) Thursday closed down -0.02 (-0.11%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed up +1.20 (+0.24%). Sugar prices on Thursday settled mixed. Prices were under pressure Thursday on negative carryover from Wednesday when the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) projected that...

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Coffee Prices Rally on Dollar Weakness and Brazil Crop Concerns

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) Thursday closed up +13.05 (+3.38%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25 ) closed up +56 (+1.05%). Coffee prices on Thursday extended this week's rally, with arabica climbing to a 4-week high and robusta posting a 1-week high. Thursday's weaker dollar (DXY00 ) was supportive of...

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The Outlook for Higher Brazil Sugar Output Undercuts Sugar Prices

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) today is down -0.07 (-0.39%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) is down -0.40 (-0.08%). Sugar prices today are moderately lower on negative carryover from Wednesday when the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) projected that Brazil's 2025/26 sugar production would...

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Dollar Weakness and Forecasts for Limited Rain in Brazil Push Coffee Prices Higher

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) today is up +11.25 (+2.92%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25 ) is up +59 (+1.11%). Coffee prices today extended this week's rally, with arabica climbing to a 4-week high and robusta posting a 1-week high. Today's dollar weakness (DXY00 ) is supportive of most...

The Guardian - US

Green groups decry plan to list world’s biggest meatpacking company on NYSE

Critics fear decision to list Brazil-based firm JBS, long linked to Amazon’s deforestation, will add to the climate crisis

The Conversation

Fake cures and vaccine passports for sale: the conspiracy communities in Brazil monetising the anti-vax movement – podcast

Editor’s note: The Conversation learned after publishing this podcast that one of the interviewees, Igor Sacramento, passed away in late April. He was interviewed on 27 March for this episode. We’re deeply saddened to learn of his death and send our deepest sympathies to his friends, family and colleagues.

The Guardian - US

‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’

Brazil has been the world’s leading coffee producer due to the forced labour of enslaved Africans and Afro-Brazilians

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Sugar Prices Slip As USDA Projects Higher Brazil Sugar Production

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) Wednesday closed down -0.05 (-0.28%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed down -2.50 (-0.49%). Sugar prices Wednesday gave up an early advance and settled moderately lower after the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) projected that Brazil's 2025/26 sugar production...

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Coffee Prices Sharply Higher on Brazilian Real Strength and Brazil Crop Concerns

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) Wednesday closed up +13.00 (+3.49%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25 ) closed up +100 (+1.91%). Coffee prices on Wednesday settled higher, with arabica up sharply at a 3-week high. Strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) is supportive of coffee prices. On Wednesday, the...

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