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By Martin Foskett | Newswire | Knelstrom Media BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA. Argentina is preparing to restore its dormant submarine capability under a new defence agreement with France, signalling an unexpected return to the deep for a navy that has spent nearly a decade on the surface.
By Martin Foskett | Newswire | Knelstrom Media LIMA, PERU. Peru's interim government will declare a state of emergency in the capital after weeks of youth-led protests over corruption, crime and the police killing of a demonstrator outside Congress. The decision follows a violent night in central Lima that left one dead and more than a hundred injured.
By Martin Foskett | Newswire | Knelstrom Media QUITO, ECUADOR. Military personnel have been filmed entering hospitals and dragging away wounded demonstrators, as Ecuador's government faces growing outrage over its response to a wave of national protests. Footage circulating on social media shows armed troops patrolling emergency wards, while witnesses describe scenes of panic among medics ordered not to treat injured protestors, but instead to alert police.
By Martin Foskett | Newswire | Knelstrom Media WASHINGTON, D.C. — 30 JULY 2025 — President Donald J. Trump has declared a national emergency targeting the Government of Brazil, invoking emergency trade powers to impose a 40% tariff on most Brazilian imports and to sanction Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The White House claims the measures are in response to what it describes as political repression, economic coercion, and censorship of American tech companies. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has rejected the U.S. action, calling it an overreach into domestic affairs. The executive order, issued under the National Emergencies Act and other trade authorities, has sparked condemnation in Brazil, legal scrutiny in Washington, and the beginning of what some analysts are calling a "hemispheric standoff by meme."
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