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Brazil's Foreign Policy Faces Defense, Critical Minerals, and Digital Sovereignty Challenges
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Brazil's Foreign Policy Faces Defense, Critical Minerals, and Digital Sovereignty Challenges

Brazil's foreign policy faces significant challenges in defense, critical minerals, digital sovereignty, transnational organized crime, regional integration, and Africa relations. Audo Faleiro, an advisor to the President, highlighted the need for increased defense investment due to US actions in Venezuela and global conflicts, while also stressing the importance of securing critical minerals and asserting digital sovereignty. He also noted the paralysis within the BRICS bloc due to internal conflicts.

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Agência Brasil Internacional
Rainforest Resources Extraction Pushing Biomes to Breaking Point, Report Warns
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Environment·20.05.2026AI özeti

Rainforest Resources Extraction Pushing Biomes to Breaking Point, Report Warns

A new report highlights that increasing extraction of rainforest resources for minerals, biofuels, and pulp is pushing biomes like the Amazon towards a breaking point. Compounding pressures from cattle ranching, agriculture, and logging are exacerbated by mining's extensive environmental footprint, including pollution and infrastructure development. The analysis by Profundo, commissioned by Rainforest Foundation Norway, urges a reduction in consumption from forest regions.

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Guardian International
Rare earth strategy provides ‘opportunities for Africa’ as US tries to counter China
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09.05.2026

Rare earth strategy provides ‘opportunities for Africa’ as US tries to counter China

The United States is shifting strategy to fund local African processing and mining infrastructure, after recognising it cannot yet process the critical minerals it is racing to secure from the continent to counter China. Tom Haslett, managing director of policy for critical minerals at the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), said that unlike China, which had “significant industry backing for both processing and downstream manufacturing”, the US and Europe did not yet have...

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Rare earth strategy provides ‘opportunities for Africa’ as US attempts to counter China
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09.05.2026

Rare earth strategy provides ‘opportunities for Africa’ as US attempts to counter China

The US is shifting strategy to fund local African processing and mining infrastructure after recognising it cannot yet process the critical minerals it is racing to secure from the continent to counter China. Tom Haslett, managing director of policy for critical minerals at the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), said that unlike China, which had “significant industry backing for both processing and downstream manufacturing”, the US and Europe did not yet have that...

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SCMP Economy
US targets Cuba nickel operation in move with implications for China-linked supply chains
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07.05.2026

US targets Cuba nickel operation in move with implications for China-linked supply chains

The Trump administration has expanded its pressure campaign against Cuba into the critical minerals sector, sanctioning a nickel joint venture tied to Canadian miner Sherritt International in a move that could reverberate through China-linked battery supply chains. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions on Thursday against Moa Nickel SA, a joint venture between Sherritt and Cuba’s state-owned General Nickel Company, as part of a broader effort targeting Havana’s military-controlled...

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SCMP Economy
Myanmar’s military rulers hire Trump ally for US$50,000 a month to lobby Washington
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07.05.2026

Myanmar’s military rulers hire Trump ally for US$50,000 a month to lobby Washington

Myanmar’s appointment of a close confidant of US President Donald Trump to rebuild ties with Washington could offer the regime a sliver of hope to rebrand itself, even as a breakthrough on major issues, such as American investment in the country’s critical minerals sector, is likely to be limited. Naypyidaw’s Ministry of Information has hired veteran American political lobbyist Roger Stone to boost relations with the Trump administration, according to filings under the US Foreign Agents...

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Anxious Australia and jittery Japan deepen ‘quasi-alliance’ for an uneasy age
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06.05.2026

Anxious Australia and jittery Japan deepen ‘quasi-alliance’ for an uneasy age

Japan’s prime minister touched down in Australia on Sunday with a set of shared anxieties – about Trump, China and the fragility of supply chains that the two insular nations have long relied upon – to which she sought some small relief. By the time she departed, Sanae Takaichi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had signed an economic security pact, unlocked nearly US$1 billion in critical minerals funding and laid the groundwork for what observers describe as the most comprehensive...

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Takaichi signs Australia deals to boost Japan’s energy security
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05.05.2026

Takaichi signs Australia deals to boost Japan’s energy security

Japan and Australia agreed to step up collaboration in areas including critical minerals, defence and energy security, tackling China’s dominance of rare earths and fuel-supply disruptions caused by the Iran war. “Australia and Japan are taking action to protect our economies from future economic shocks and uncertainty,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement after meeting his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi, in Canberra. “By working together, we will achieve more...

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