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By Mira Olson, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - On March 29th the Brazilian government announced a new Growth Acceleration Program (PAC 2) that will...

By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s voting technology has come a long way since the first recorded election in...

Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO - We've been planning our one year anniversary party, and it's going to happen on Thursday, April 1st. Obviously...

Opinion, by Steve Spencer RIO DE JANEIRO - Public service announcements for the 2010 U.S. Census, running on radio and television stations Stateside, relentlessly make...

By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss Khan has handed down a warning...

By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - After a defeat in a polemical campaign against corruption in 2008, Rio de Janeiro’s Regional Electoral...

By Mira Olson, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The IBAMA (Brazilian Environmental Agency) issued a provisional license on February 1st to move forward with...

Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO - It is hard to think of much else besides Carnival these days, the streets of Rio are taken over by...

By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Just weeks away from the beginning of what will undoubtedly prove to be months of fierce...

By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Swimmer Cesar Cielo and Judo fighter Sarah Menezes won the 2009 Brazil Olympic Award, a prize...

By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - On December 24th after nearly 7 months of deliberation in the U.S. Senate, Thomas A. Shannon...

By Carlos Graffigna, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Gathering one of the largest voting crowds in the history of the country, Honduras put an...

By Juliana Tafur, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Kasongo is only 23 years old, but seems wise beyond his years. Nearly two meters tall, well-built and strong,...