Tag Archives: Brazil

May 1, 2012

Latin America Opens Up to Equality

Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, The New York Times- Quietly and against the odds, women are stepping up the political ladder in Latin America, moving ahead of the United States when it comes to political empowerment and closely matching much of Western Europe. The Latin America-Caribbean region, once a caldron of machismo… read more »

March 14, 2012

Last Americas Summit without Cuba, agree Argentina and Brazil

MercoPress - “This has to be the last summit in which Cuba does not participate”, said Argentine minister Hector Timerman, standing next to Brazil’s Antonio Patriota. The presence of Cuba is necessary so that “finally we have a Summit of the Americas” Patriota recalled that at the previous summit then President… read more »

February 7, 2012

Sarah Stephens: “Cuba quer decidir seu futuro por si mesma”

ÉPOCA Magazine, Brazil – Sarah Stephens é diretora do Center for Democracy in the Americas há seis anos, desde sua fundação, e atua ao lado de políticos, jornalistas e entidades da sociedade civil na promoção de debates sobre a política externa dos EUA em relação à América. Segundo ela, o… read more »

February 3, 2012

CUBA CENTRAL Newsblast: Never Mind the Debates; Cuba Knows Brazil; Term Limits Adopted; Gross Documents Release

In his perceptive essay, “The Debate the GOP Didn’t Have in Florida,” Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, expresses discouragement at the Republican candidates who debated in Florida twice last week. He writes: To the extent Latin America was treated at all, the discussion has been dominated by phantom… read more »

February 1, 2012

Brazil’s Rousseff meets with Fidel Castro in Cuba

Jeff Franks, Reuters - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met with Fidel Castro, the revolutionary hero of her youth, and held talks with his younger brother, President Raul Castro, on Tuesday in a visit to strengthen financial ties with communist-led Cuba. She toured the port of Mariel near Havana where a Brazilian company… read more »

January 16, 2012

Brazilian FM Announces Visit of Dilma Rousseff to Cuba

Cuban News Agency-Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the  Federative Republic of Brazil, currently in this capital, announced on Monday that the president of his country, Dilma Rousseff, will soon pay a visit to the Caribbean island. Read more: http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2012/0117Dilma-Rousseff.htm

September 20, 2011

New Fields May Propel Americas to Top of Oil Companies’ Lists

Simon Romero, New York Times, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil has begun building its first nuclear submarine to protect its vast, new offshore oil discoveries. Colombia’s oil production is climbing so fast that it is closing in on Algeria’s and could hit Libya’s prewar levels in a few years. ExxonMobil is striking… read more »

May 12, 2011

Hemispheric Brief: Zelaya Preparing to Head Home?

Joshua Frens-String, The Hemispheric Brief – An aide to Mel Zelaya says the exiled former Honduran president plans to return home sometime within the next month. Confidant Rasel Tomé said in an interview with the AP Wednesday that Zelaya has “the will and desire to return to his homeland” after… read more »

February 1, 2011

President Obama’s First South America Tour

During his 2011 State of the Union speech, President Obama announced that he would travel to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador in March. The UPI piece below provides a comprehensive summary of the current situation in the region, showing that the President faces tough diplomacy challenges ahead of his Latin America… read more »

January 26, 2011

Obama to travel to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador

EFE, Washington –  President Barack Obama took a moment during his State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress to announce a tour of Latin American nations. “This March, I will travel to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador to forge new alliances across the Americas,” the president said Tuesday night…. read more »