In addition to sparking problems in public transport, the blackout or apagao led to hospital emergencies and the shutting down of several airports.
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.
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.
Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago
Rio should be a tremendous source of pride for the millions of U.S.-born Hispanics whose familial roots stretch not only south of the border, but south of the hemisphere.
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 11.28.2009 | World
While sharing his vision of a more peaceful world with the UN and demanding big Pentagon cuts, Obama has also been lobbying Brazil to buy warplanes from shrinking defense giant Boeing.
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 09.08.2009 | World
The last thing president Lula and Brazilian democracy need is the United States on its northern border using the drug war to interfere in internal politics like it has done in the past with Mexico.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 08.10.2009 | World
In the land of esperanza, Obama must recognize that talk of "hope" that is accompanied by continued military funding for governments like those of Honduras or Colombia rings hollow.
Katie Halper | Posted 08.08.2009 | Comedy
3. We kinda sorta trained the coup leaders at the School of the Americas so it's like kinda awkward.
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.
Eyck Freymann | Posted 05.20.2009 | World
Evo Morales' charisma and resonant populist message have revolutionary potential throughout the South American continent. The question is only whether he will be thwarted by foreign governments and corporations.
AP | Posted 05.03.2009 | World
LONDON — President Barack Obama _ wildly popular the world over _ says he isn't the globe's most admired politician. He says that title belongs ...
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.
AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 04.13.2009 | World
RIO DE JANEIRO — His meet and greet with the U.S. president was bumped to Saturday, and when the White House announced his official visit, they ...
Laura Carlsen | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
Pundits have said that the election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States won't change the nation's world image overnight. But in ...
David Paul Appell | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics
The media and the Democratic Party would have us believe that Dems will clean up down here at the Sunshine State's tip, and as NPR's "All Things Consi...
Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 10.06.2008 | Chicago
My first six months here were brutal. Too broke to splurge on winter clothes, I layered all of my LA outfits on top of each other and shivered through the worst winter Chicago had seen in a decade.
Steve Dolinsky | Posted 09.12.2008 | Chicago
I've always been a big fan of pork. I know a lot of people say that these days, but few of them grew up in a kosher home in St. Cloud, MN and were deprived of swine as children, like I was.
Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green