Category: Brazil
April 26, 2011 > Mari Hayman
Google Irks Brazilians With Map of Rio de Janeiro Highlighting Favelas
Google has come under fire in Brazil for prominently featuring the names of favelas on the Internet giant’s online map service, Google Maps. An editorial by O Globo called […] Read More >
April 25, 2011 > Mari Hayman
Brazilian Air Force Monitored Politicians, Civilians, Church, for Ten Years After Dictatorship’s End
A trove of 35,000 documents released by the Brazilian National Archives on April 13 show that the Brazilian Air Force monitored leftist groups and political parties, labor union members, and […] Read More >
April 14, 2011 > Staff
China Cautiously Opens Its Market To Brazil
Today in Latin America Top Story — A state visit to China from Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff aimed at correcting the South American country’s trade imbalance has begun to bear […] Read More >
April 8, 2011 > Staff
Rio de Janeiro School Shooting Kills 12 Children; Brazil In Shock
Today in Latin America Top Story — A 23-yeald old gunman burst into an elementary school in Rio de Janeiro and opened fire on young students, killing 12 and wounding […] Read More >
March 21, 2011 > Staff
Obama Kicks Off Latin America Visit In Brazil As Attacks Against Libya Begin
Today in Latin America Top Story — President Barack Obama arrived in Brazil Saturday to kick off a five-day, three-country visit to Latin America. Obama hopes to increase economic ties […] Read More >
February 18, 2011 > Staff
Rio de Janeiro’s Former Police Chief Accused of Leaking Information About Corruption Bust
Today in Latin America Top Story — Rio de Janeiro’s former commander of police has been accused of leaking information about the arrest of 30 cops, The Associated Press reports. […] Read More >
February 7, 2011 > Staff
Security Forces In Brazil Raid Favelas In Rio de Janeiro; Seize Weapons And Drugs
Today in Latin America Top Story — Hundreds of Brazilian police officers and military troops occupied nine favelas in the city of Rio de Janeiro that had been in the […] Read More >
January 14, 2011 > Roque Planas
Flash Flooding In Brazil Claims More Than 470 Lives And Shines Spotlight On Brazilian Housing Policy
Today in Latin America Top Story — Flash floods and mudslides devastated the mountain towns north of the city of Rio de Janeiro beginning early Wednesday morning, bringing the death […] Read More >
December 15, 2010 > Nikolas Kozloff
Wikileaks Cables Portray A Different Side Of Brazil’s Lula da Silva
While many on the international left may extol the rise of Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva and his Workers’ Party (PT, in Portuguese), which formed part of the so-called “Pink […] Read More >
November 1, 2010 > Staff
Dilma Rousseff Becomes Brazil’s First Woman President
Today in Latin America Top Story — Dilma Rousseff of the governing Workers Party was elected as Brazil’s first female president on Sunday, defeating opposition candidate José Serra in a […] Read More >