Tag: South America

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Rousseff, Brazil’s Ex-president, Calls Trump’s Meddling in Venezuela Irresponsible and Criminal

Washington’s attempts to interfere in politics in South America, including in Venezuela, are “extremely ...

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What Brazil and Latin America Can Teach About a Donald Trump’s Conceivable Impeachment

Some Americans and members of Congress have called for the impeachment of President Donald ...

Trash in the state of Ceará - Photo: Maristela Crispim

The Billions Stolen by Brazilian Politicians Are Hurting the Country’s Poorest

Brazil is currently facing its worst recession in decades while corruption allegations consume the ...

A Few Examples of How Societal Fascism Is Alive and Well in Brazil

In 1940 Walter Benjamin wrote his Theses on the Concept of History prompted by ...

Brazil Worried US Is After Its Oil and the Amazon

The imminent agreement between the United States and Colombia over the use of seven ...

Brazil and South America Set Price Ceilings on Swine Flu Vaccine

In order to prevent First World labs from exploiting fear of the A/H1N1 flu ...

US Military Base in Colombia? I Don’t Like It, Says Lula of Brazil

US plans to increase the number of troops in Colombia is drawing opposition, not ...

Brazil & Neighbors May Be Rich, But They Are Economic Lightweights

Latin America has  some of the world’s largest countries, in terms of land area, ...

Brazil & Friends Want the End of the US Cuban Embargo

South American Defense ministers meeting in Santiago de Chile urged the United States on ...