Lula

By Bruno De Nicola, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, announced Brazil's fall into recession just last month, yet the...

By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Not unlike neighboring Latin American countries, the average Brazilian's daily needs are met in part by...

By Sarah Coursey, Editor RIO DE JANEIRO - CineCufa - International Festival of Films from the Periphery - is gearing up for its final...

By Sarah Coursey, Editor RIO DE JANEIRO - Reports on the amount of deforestation in the Amazon read like European geography lessons. From an...

By Doug Gray, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Friday June 26th saw President Lula finally rubber stamp the planned 2009 visa amnesty designed to...

By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The project to revitalize the port area of Rio was officially launched last Tuesday by President...

By Marcela Canavarro, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - While Brazil hasn't questioned Iran's election results, the Brazilian External Relations Ministry's official position is to...

By Doug Gray, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - There were mixed signals from Brazilian economic experts last week as newly released figures showed a...

By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter MOSCOW - On June 16th Russia hosted the first fully-fledged summit of the BRIC countries, an acronym for the world's...

Oscar Maldonado, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - A custody battle case that has captured the attention of local and American press has once again...

By Maíra Amorim, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Thursday the June 11th is the bank holiday of Corpus Christi, which means that Wednesday night...

By Marcela Canavarro, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - A defeat for an international election at the World Trade Organization (WTO) provoked a wave or...

By Clara Cavour, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil has a new best friend. For the first time, China has surpassed United States as...

By Bruno De Nicola, Contributing Reporter Saving accounts holding an amount greater than R$50,000 will likely be subject to a new partial income tax starting...