Brazil
Brazil: Evangelical leader tied to Lula government charged with wholesale fraud
By Ali Ismail, September 15, 2009
Last month, prosecutors in Brazil charged the founder of one of the country’s largest evangelical churches with committing fraud against its followers, many of them poverty-stricken, as well as the ...
Brazil: students resist attacks by shock troops at University of Sao Paulo
By Julio Maia, July 11, 2009
On June 9, the University of Sao Paulo (USP), the largest university in Brazil, with nearly 80,000 students, was the scene of events that have not taken place in the country in 30 years, since the dar...
Brazil, China deals challenge US position in Latin America
By Luis Arce, June 6, 2009
Last month’s visit to Beijing by Brazil’s president pointed to the vast political-economic shifts taking place globally as economic rivals seek to fill the vacuum left by a US tied down in two war...
Brazil-Ecuador clash bares tensions between “left” governments
By Roger Silva, December 5, 2008
Relations between South America’s so-called left governments appear fraught with growing tensions in advance of the Union of South American nation’s meeting in Brazil later this month.
