In light of rain forest destruction, it's all a ticking carbon bomb. Already, tropical deforestation results in about 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon being released into the atmosphere every year.
nytimes.com | ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO | Posted 11.25.2009 | World
RIO DE JANEIRO -- President Obama sent a letter on Sunday to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil reiterating the American position on Iran'...
Robert Amsterdam | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
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.
Len Berman | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York
Rubbing salt. StubHub offered Mets playoff tickets yesterday so their fans can "be there as the Mets chase immortality." StubHub called it an "email glitch" and "regrets the error."
Chris McGowan | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
Brazilians would be far better off if its populace refused to tolerate the rogues' gallery that populates its government. But despite its social problems, the Rio Olympics may be the most entertaining Games ever.
Christopher DeSa | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
In choosing Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, the IOC gave the people of South America its long-deserved first chance to see the Olympics come to their continent.
AP | JOHN LEICESTER | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago
COPENHAGEN — In 30 minutes, it will be over. Years of preparations, arm-twisting, sweet-talking and hopes will be rejected or rewarded Friday w...
AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago
COPENHAGEN — Brazil's president says he's not worried that U.S. President Barack Obama is coming to Denmark to lobby that Chicago and not Rio de...
AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 11.29.2009 | Chicago
COPENHAGEN — Rio or Chicago? Risk vs. reliable. For the International Olympic Committee, the biggest decision in choosing the city to host the ...
Greg Grandin | Posted 11.28.2009 | World
The Venezuelan president believes that what the right fears most about Obama is his attempt to rehabilitate the idea that "public policy" can solve social problems, as opposed to the market.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Posted 11.23.2009 | World
The poorest countries, hardest hit by the economic crisis, are in a hurry to see their economies rebound and thus renew their peoples' hopes for prosperity.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
The text of Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau's September 9 Wall Street Journal op-ed, with rebuttals for 21 incorrect statements in the text.
Adam Isacson | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home
The meeting between Chávez and Uribe could, years from now, be seen as a crucial turning point for South America's political stability. Latin America, as a whole, is suddenly in bad shape.
Chris Dalby | Posted 09.08.2009 | World
Rio's ferociously proud population is high with anticipation for hosting the World Cup and wants to showcase what more it can do.
AP | MARCO SIBAJA | Posted 08.22.2009 | World
BRASILIA, Brazil — Israel's foreign minister met with Brazil's president Wednesday and asked Latin America's biggest nation to use its influence...
BBC NEWS | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a controversial bill allowing Amazon farmers to acquire an area of public land larger than ...
AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
YEKATERINBURG, Russia — The leaders of four major emerging economies _ Russia, China, Brazil and India _ apparently failed Tuesday to reach cons...
Global Post | Posted 06.27.2009 | World
By Seth Kugel | GlobalPost SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Judging from the headlines, it has been a big month in Brazilian-Chinese relations. First China ju...
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green
Brazil's sustainable energy dividend is the result of generations of trust and cooperation between a strong federal government, parastatal companies and global businesses who have developed the knack of working with them.
AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.16.2009 | World
RIO DE JANEIRO — Likening the global financial crisis to a sinking ship, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva lashed out once more Wedn...
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.27.2009 | World
Vice President Biden is currently in Chile for the Progressive Governance Summit, where he will meet with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, UK Prim...
AP | Posted 04.27.2009 | World
SANTIAGO, Chile — U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden is in Chile to attend a summit of leaders from Latin America and Europe. Biden flew to Chile...
AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed the economy, energy and the environment Saturday...
Robert Amsterdam | Posted 04.13.2009 | World
The time is now for Obama to launch a new partnership with Latin America's biggest and best democracy, and for once in history make the region a top priority for U.S. foreign policy.
Time | Tim Padgett and Andrew Downie | Posted 04.07.2009 | Business
Brazil is no stranger to economic crises. In the 1970s and '80s, Latin America's economic giant turned financial mismanagement into an art form. The c...
Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green