Last week I made my first visit to Brazil as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. It was a very full and fascinating week during which I...
Your book's been published in the United States for an American audience. Someone who's mentioned in the book doesn't like what you've written and sues you for libel, but he doesn't sue you here, where the book has been published.
Working with The Rainforest Alliance, we helped create The Rainforest NewsLadder. Every couple of weeks I will check in to see what's buzzing, and provide you with the latest news and media.
A business group is honoring Roger Agnelli, the CEO of Vale, one of the largest mining companies in the world, which, coincidentally, is in the midst of its longest ever labor dispute.
YouTube is updating its site to make way for 1080p HD. The online video destination will make the update live this week, with YouTube working on re-...
Welcome aboard to our latest new affiliate station - KJFK 1230am in Reno, NV! IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Lights out for Brazil; the Brown Pelican is...
Our home was plunged into darkness, as was our block, the city, the state, much of eighteen states in Brazil, and Paraguay. An estimated 60 million people were without power for three hours or more.
Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...
Ten years ago, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden reached the point where she could no longer witness the appalling conditions of children around the ...
As the U.S. unemployment rate climbs toward 10 percent and the economy faces a lengthy and uncertain recovery process, Congress and the last two admin...
Why, with so much going for him and his country, should the president of Brazil make such controversial choices in his friends? The logic of the relationship with Iran is perplexing.
For Brazilian musicians, music is not only an "escape", it is a social and artistic balm that glues people together.
In cases like the lawsuit against the ski film company Level 1, social media outlets are acting as a sort of gatekeeper -- a check on corporate actions that people in general view as unreasonable.
During a recent trip to Chile, I had an interesting conversation with a Brazilian traveler about--of course--ethnicity and class. When we landed on t...
How can Harley-Davidson stem the bleeding of red ink?
Opening Speech, Bioneers Conference San Rafael, California October 16, 2009 When the world's national governments come together in December in Copenh...
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Why would Brazil, today a towering bastion of democratic values, seek closer ties with Iran, its polar opposite?
Join us LIVE Saturday and Sunday at 5pm Pacific time on www.TalkRadioOne.com for our exclusive LIVE motoring and motorsports talk shows! Steve Parker...
Australians are acutely aware that the U.S. is and has been since 1971 the chest-thumping, fist-banging four-star general in the global war on drugs. Their willingness to stand up to our bullying ways is growing.
Countries like Brazil are now in a position to compete successfully in the athletic events that comprise the Games, and also to provide the venue for the competition.
