Category: Southern Cone
October 6, 2014 > Staff
Rousseff Will Face Neves, Not Silva in Brazil Runoff
Top Story — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will compete for her second term in a runoff after failing to win outright in the first round of voting, which also ended […] Read More >
October 2, 2014 > Staff
Religion Increasingly Important as Brazilians Head to the Ballot Box
Top Story — In anticipation of Sunday’s presidential election in Brazil, heated campaigns are demonstrating the increasing political clout evangelical churches wield as religious demographics shift in the country. Just […] Read More >
September 25, 2014 > Staff
Argentina Attacks Foreign Lenders Amid Economic Crisis
Top Story – Argentine leaders lashed out at foreign lenders on Wednesday after a pair of full-page ads ran in two of the country’s leading newspapers. The ads, paid for […] Read More >
September 24, 2014 > Staff
Brazil Refuses to Sign U.N. Forest Initiative
Top Story – A plan to eliminate deforestation worldwide in the next 15 years collapsed when Brazil said it would not participate, reported The Associated Press. The United States, Canada […] Read More >
September 18, 2014 > Camila Osorio
The Economist Criticized For Equating Violence Of Military Dictatorships With That Of Guerrillas
The Economist magazine stoked a controversy this week with an article arguing that memorials commemorating those killed by South America’s rightwing military governments are rewriting the past by playing down […] Read More >
September 17, 2014 > Staff
Homeless Activists Clash With Police in São Paulo
Top Story — Unrest paralyzed central São Paulo Tuesday after police attempted to evict a group of homeless activists occupying a building there, reported the Los Angeles Times. The residents, who […] Read More >
September 15, 2014 > Staff
Brazilian Presidential Candidates Are Now in a Dead Heat
Top Story — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is now in a statistical tie with presidential hopeful Marina Silva, according to a poll released Friday by the Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics […] Read More >
October 11, 2012 > Staff
Brazil Supreme Court Appoints First Black President
Top Story — The Brazilian Supreme Court appointed the first black presiding judge, Joaquim Barbosa, on Wednesday. Judge Joaquim Barbosa, 58, was appointed by ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva […] Read More >
September 30, 2012 > Associated Press
Chevron Pays $17M Fine For Oil Spill Off Brazilian Coast
Chevron Corporation paid a $17.3 million fine for unspecified irregularities leading to an oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in November. Read More >
September 26, 2012 > Staff
Uruguay Votes To Legalize Abortion
Top Story — Uruguay’s Lower House voted 50-49 to legalize abortion on Tuesday, a different version of a bill that has already passed in the country’s Senate. The law, which […] Read More >