Latin American, Caribbean unity group forms in Caracas
Cuban President Raul Castro told reporters that, "For the first time in history we will have an organization of Our America."
Rain is not only cause of Brazil disaster
Reports from Brazil charge that politics and real estate greed contributed to the worst natural disaster in the country's history.
Former guerrilla becomes Brazil's first woman president
Dilma Rousseff, a former fighter against Brazil's U.S. supported military dictatorship, won a runoff election on Sunday October 31 and will become the first woman president in the huge South American nation's history.
Left advances in Brazil, runoff elections scheduled
Workers Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff racked up the largest vote total in Sunday's presidential election in Brazil, though she barely missed the 50 percent mark necessary to avoid a runoff
Brazil approves racial equality law, but “much yet to do”
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva signed the "Statute of Racial Equality."
What’s at stake in Brazil’s election
Brazil will soon elect a new president, to replace current President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva who is constitutionally forbidden from succeeding himself, all 513 members of the lower house of Congress plus two thirds of the 81 senators.
World Cup quarter finals: we’re having a great time here, folks
PRETORIA, South Africa -- For the first time in the history of the World Cup games Latin America has four teams among the last eight.
Iran, Brazil, Turkey and the ghost of Lord Palmerston
Recent events bring to mind what Britain's Lord Palmerston said in the 1800s: "England has no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."
South American summit tackles regional integration
Another step in the tortuous process of Latin American integration was marked May 3-4 when representatives of all 12 states belonging to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) met.
World Notes: Brazil, Egypt, Belarus and more
Brazil may allow new U.S. base, Sudan elections set to fail, Egypt's El Baradei speaks out, Afghanistan ups cannibas production, executions return to Belarus and Cuba hosts conference for Chernobyl's children.
