4 Aug 2025

South America: Brazil cops 50% US tariff, pre-Inca tombs found

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 4 August 2025

 

South America correspondent Daniel Schweimler joins Susie to talk about reaction to the US imposing a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian goods and how it's tied to President Trump's dislike of a prosecution of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Former president of Colombia Alvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years for bribing witnesses to keep quiet over his involvement with right-wing paramilitary groups.

And gas workers installing pipes under Peru's capital Lima discovered two pre-Inca tombs, including one with the remains of a person over 1000 years old.

South America correspondent Daniel Schweimler

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