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WLRN, Herald to expand Latin America coverage
Miami HeraldThe Miami Herald's news partners at WLRN-Miami Herald News are working with NPR News to open a bureau in Brazil and add an Americas correspondent in Miami. That team will work with The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald's Latin American and Caribbean...Tags: Mexico City, Brazil, Real Estate Buyers, NPR, Entertainment
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Lingering problems threaten image of a 'new Brazil'
RIO DE JANEIRO — After 2 1/2 years of renovations, Rio's legendary Maracana soccer stadium reopened to much fanfare in late April. Brazilian legends including Ronaldo played in a test match before an audience composed mostly of the workers who...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, Travel
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Brazil's Rousseff takes nuanced approach to foreign policy
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Shortly before Venezuela's presidential election, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recorded a video supporting Nicolas Maduro, saying he had "stood out brilliantly in the struggle" for a more democratic...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Brazil, Wars and Interventions, Dilma Rousseff, Honduras
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Interview: Why the world is losing faith in democracy
In the heady days of 1989, nondemocratic regimes fell like dominoes to the peaceful march of activists across Eastern Europe. Even China briefly appeared vulnerable to popular demands for a voice in how the country is ruled -- until the crackdown at ...
Tags: Political Corruption, Democracy, Hugo Chavez, Nelson Mandela, Philippines
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Brazil swears in nation's first black Supreme Court president
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Joaquim Barbosa, a judge famous for his tough stand against political corruption, has been sworn in as the first black president of Brazil’s Supreme Court. At the ceremony Thursday in Brasília, the capital, his work was widely...
Tags: Brazil, Political Corruption, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Municipal elections in Brazil provide welcome news for President Rousseff
World NowMunicipal elections throughout Brazil on Sunday saw Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes easily reelected, while in Sao Paulo two mayoral candidates faced a second round runoff. Brazilians voted largely to keep the major parties in charge of their cities,... -
Back again, liberal Mexico candidate makes pitch to business leaders
World NowMEXICO CITY -- In 2006, when he came within a hair of winning Mexico's presidency, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's opponents on the right called him a "danger to Mexico," a would-be Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, and said he would plunge the country into an... -
Capriles se convierte en el joven abogado que enfrentará a Chávez en octubre
South Florida Sun-SentinelHenrique Capriles, un joven abogado de clase media alta, se convirtió el domingo en el rival que se enfrentará al presidente Hugo Chávez en octubre. Con una prolija carrera política de 14 años, Capriles, quien viene de una familia de inmigrantes polacos-...Tags: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez
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The five people trying to unseat Hugo Chavez
World NowVenezuelans who are unhappy with Hugo Chavez go to the polls Sunday to decide who will try to unseat him. Five people are competing to take on the mercurial leftist president of Venezuela. Who are they?... -
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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has cancer
World NowREPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY -- President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina has become the latest Latin American leader to face cancer, officials announced Tuesday. Fernandez has thyroid cancer and will be undergo surgery Jan. 4, government... -
Latin American leaders coping with cancer
World NowLatin America Venezuela: Several Latin America leaders past and present are coping with cancer, although Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez may have the most serious case of all...
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