Brazil hits new record for job creation
Brazil Minister of Labor and Employment announced a historic record for job creation.
Brazil: Workers' Party names candidate to succeed Lula
At its national congress in February, the Workers' Party acclaimed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's endorsement of Dilma Rousseff as the Party's presidential candidate for elections in October.
World Notes: Brazil, Cuba, Guadaloupe, Spain, Sudan, Thailand, Yemen
This week in World Notes: Brazil passes landmark climate legislation; Cuba rejects U.S. terror designation; Guadaloupe prepares for general strike; Spain's unemployment is highest in Europe; Sudan exports food, while country starves; Thailand's army deport Laotian Hmong; Yemen faces mass poverty, hunger
The U.S. and the world
The world, it is generally acknowledged, has been torn loose from the old moorings that for decades structured life for billions of people.
World Notes: Brazil, Yemen, India, Canada, Uganda, Cuba
Cuba: Retamar honors Marti Poet Roberto Fernández Retamar inaugurated the 7th International conference on Marti Studies. The writer and Casa de las Americas president praised Jose Marti's contribution to Latin American unity and his inspiration of a "second Cuban revolution," led by Fidel Castro in 1953.
