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Rousseff, Neves head to runoff for Brazil presidency
President Dilma Rousseff from the Workers Party (PT) and challenger Aecio Neves from the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PMDB) will face off on October 26 in order to decide who will…
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Elections in Brazil and pan-American geopolitics
The re-issue of an unbridled neoliberalism that sacrifices public gains on the altar of the market and international capital would represent the loss of valuable social, political and…
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Why Dilma Rousseff could win Brazil’s presidential election
The country has widely reported problems, but improvements in income and conditions for many workers mean a lot of Brazilians have done well over the past decade.
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Hard choices: Hillary Clinton admits role in Honduran coup aftermath
Clinton’s embrace of far-right narrative on Latin America is part of electoral strategy
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Rafael Correa warns about destabilization plans in Ecuador
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said Tuesday that destabilization processes “similar to those in Venezuela” are being carried out in his country.
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USAID leaves Ecuador this week
USAID is shutting down operations in Ecuador after 53 years of activity in that country. President Rafael Correa said that his country would be "nobody's colony" and stated that Ecuador…
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Social policy, economic changes transformed Brazil
A CEPR study shows how a sharp increase in economic growth, combined with increased social spending, increases in the real minimum wage, and increased bargaining power for labor allowed…
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Correa denounces US plans to intervene in Latin America
The Ecuadorean president said that the new Obama-sponsored leadership centers are an obvious plan to intervene in democratic Latin America countries.
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The FAO highlights reduction of hunger in Latin America
Theodor Friedrich, representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to Cuba, informed on Monday in this capital that Latin America and the Caribbean is the…
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Bachelet: No amnesty for Pinochet’s minions
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced that her administration will seek to revoke -- "with urgency" -- an amnesty law that shields military personnel from trial for the crimes…
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