Provides the latest RSS feeds for South America News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Brazil Sun.com http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/cat/1f5f6572907d15fb/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 22:32:28 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:32:28 -0400 30 It was a violent day in Iraq Saturday with at least 11 people killed and 10 policemen kidnapped as hatred simmers between the ruling Shi'ite majority and the Sunni minority. Gunmen broke into the home of an anti-terrorism policeman in the Baghdad suburb of Rasheed, killing him, his wife, and two children. Another security officer was killed elsewhere in Rasheed. Police say gunmen killed a ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606427/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606427/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb VATICAN CITY Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heartrdquo; that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight talk and simplicity a hallmark of his papacy, made his unscripted comments in answers to questions by four people at a ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606426/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:04 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606426/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606425/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606425/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Genrent do Brasil has been awarded a concession to build a 70 MW thermoelectric plant and temporarily supply electricity to the Peruvian Amazon city of Iquitos, authorities said. Peru's Private Investment Promotion Agency, or ProInversion, said the Brazilian company won the project, which carries an investment cost of $100 million, after "offering the lowest remuneration per power unit proposed, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214597501/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 01:40:01 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214597501/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Gen. Rafael Videla, the emblematic figure of the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976-83, died Friday inside the jail where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity, prison officials confirmed. He was 87. The news of the former strongman's death was first disclosed by Cecilia Pando, a military spouse known for defending the actions of the junta. "I learned from the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214597093/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 01:30:01 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214597093/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb To increase the security at the upcoming Football World Cup in Brazil in 2014, the Brazil government will reportedly use a fleet of robots that are usually used to neutralize roadside bombs and inspect areas for traces of explosives. The battle-tested remote controlled iRobot 510 Packbots are able to climb stairs, submerge in a metre of water and have multiple high-resolution cameras and are the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596887/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:07 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596887/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Legislators in Guyana say they won't approve a crucial anti-money laundering bill until more safeguards against corruption are added to the measure. The two parties that together have a one-seat majority in Parliament say they are seeking the creation of a commission to oversee contracts and tenders, as well as an expansion of the state's financial intelligence ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608305/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 20:52:57 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608305/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential election. Retired Gen. Antonio Rivero said he would "take care of my health" as he was freed late Friday. Opposition leaders said he was hospitalized Saturday with a respiratory infection and digestive problems ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608306/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 20:52:51 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214608306/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Saturday night's Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to an astronomical $600 million for a single winner, and may be even higher by the time the numbers are drawn. Winners must match five numbers picked from machines holding 59 white balls, and a special Powerball pulled from a machine filled with 35 red balls. Even if the chances of winning are tiny -- one in 175 million -- those ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607746/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24:05 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607746/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Soldiers in Ivory Coast have arrested a militia leader who was allegedly involved in a 2011 massacre of political opponents. Military officials say Amade Oueremigave himself up Saturday as soldiers began to converge near his hideout. Oueremi and his fighters backed President Alassane Ouattara in the violence that broke out after the 2010 election when former president Laurent Gbagbo refused ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607747/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24:05 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607747/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says in a newspaper interview that he will not step down before next year's elections. Assad's comments were published Saturday in the Argentine ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607748/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24:04 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607748/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb WASHINGTON, DC -- In sub-Saharan Africa, many economies are growing briskly, thanks to the continent’s abundant natural resources and global commodities boom. Development experts say revenues from minerals, oil and gas could help many countries fund much needed roads, bridges, dams and other infrastructure. A recent report by the Africa Progress Panel, a group of influential business and ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607067/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 19:29:12 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607067/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev started his visit to Brazil on Wednesday, February 20th. Medvedev had a meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Due to the injury that Rousseff received at the carnival, the Brazilian president was wearing only one shoe. On her other foot, Rousseff had a rubber sandal, which gave an informal touch to the official ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607106/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 18:51:20 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214607106/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb CARACAS, Venezuela -; Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606558/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 18:31:36 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606558/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The government today questioned the UK after its negative vote at the United Nations General Assembly "to place French Polynesia back on the UN list of territories that should be decolonised." Additionally, the government renewed its claim over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands territory. The UN General Assembly yesterday affirmed "the inalienable right of the people of ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606559/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 18:23:17 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606559/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Authorities in Texas say at least five -- possibly as many as 15 -- people have been killed in the southwestern U.S. state as a result of Wednesday's massive explosion at a fertilizer ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606004/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 17:40:29 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606004/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Brazilian army soldiers take part in a military exercise in preparation for the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup, in a field near the National Stadium in Brasilia. (AP ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606032/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 17:25:36 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606032/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb (CNN) — North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast Saturday; South Korea’s semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap reported. The missiles were fired in a ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606400/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 17:21:48 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606400/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb FILE - In this March 24, 1976 file photo, Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla, center, is sworn-in as president at the Buenos Aires Government House accompanied by Adm. Emilio Massera, second from left, and Brig. Orlando Agosti, second from right, members of the junta that overthrew President Isabel Peron. The former Argentine dictator died of natural causes Friday, May 17, 2013, while serving life ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606033/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 17:14:20 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214606033/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214605408/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 16:23:56 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214605408/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The Reuters news agency quotes an unidentified White House aide as saying the president has decreased his request for funding the war in Afghanistan by 10 percent for the 2014 fiscal year budget. The report says the president reduced his original request from $88.5 billion to $79.4 billion. The White House issued a statement Friday saying the change was made to account for the drawdown of troops ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214604876/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 15:47:20 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214604876/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb BUENOS AIRES -- General Jorge Videla, Argentina's dictator at the height of its "Dirty War" against leftist activists, died Friday in prison while serving time for crimes against humanity. He was ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214604912/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 15:35:35 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214604912/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb SAO PAULO - Brazil is using more than 20,000 troops along its borders with 10 South American nations to reinforce security ahead of the Confederations Cup soccer tournament in June. The Defence Ministry says in a statement that 25,000 army, navy and air force troops began deployment on Saturday along the nearly 17,000 kilometres (10,600 miles) of border Brazil shares with its neighbours. ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214604374/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 14:22:50 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214604374/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Top U.S. military officials have vowed to root out sexual abuse, a persistent problem in all branches of the armed forces. The victims of sexual battery, harassment and stalking are mostly female members of the military, but gay men and others also have reported assaults. In some cases, the perpetrators turned out to be officers tasked with preventing abuse. Sexual misconduct in the ranks ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603699/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 13:50:53 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603699/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb ABUJA -- Less than five days after the Nigerian armed forces began a massive attack on militants in the north, Nigeria's Department of Defense says 65 suspected Boko Haram militants have been arrested and ten have been killed. The Nigerian military says Boko Haram militants are fleeing their camps. Some are in search of fuel while others are running from the armed forces that are ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603698/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 13:50:53 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603698/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria, authorities said Tuesday, the latest in a string of increasingly bloody attacks threatening peace in Africa's most populous ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603722/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 13:44:04 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603722/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb PETARE, Venezuela – Since Monday, in the socialist government's latest attempt to control Venezuela's pandemic of violence, President Nicols Maduro has sent the military into slums to frisk local residents and man dozens of military checkpoints. Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603753/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 13:24:44 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603753/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Brazilian army soldiers take part in a military exercise in preparation for the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup, in a field near the National Stadium in Brasilia. (AP ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603721/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11:57 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603721/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Nigeria's military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, as security forces continue to pursue suspected Islamist militants in the region. The military on Saturday listed more than 10 areas in Maiduguri under curfew. The armed forces have locked down the city and closed roads. Maiduguri, the original home of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603032/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:58 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214603032/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Seated left to right, Kenyans Jane Muthoni Mara, Wambogo Nyingi and Paulo Muoka Nzili celebrate the announcement of a legal decision in support of Mau Mau veteran reparation payments in Nairobi in this October 5, 2012, file ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602472/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 11:49:04 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602472/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Excitement has been growing in recent months over the approach of Comet ISON. Like other comets, this chunk of rock and ice is following a long, elliptical orbit around the Sun, and like other comets, when it nears the Sun later this year, its trailing stream of dust and vapor will catch the sunlight and become a long, luminous, tail. Many astronomers are predicting that when this celestial ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602473/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 11:49:04 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602473/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -; The former premier of the Cayman Islands who faces charges in a corruption probe is denying allegations that he donated $1 million to a Caribbean university to obtain an honorary ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602494/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 11:45:24 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602494/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Francois Hollande's signature means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in France within the month. His office said he signed the bill this morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a challenge to the law. Hollande made legalising gay marriage one of his campaign pledges in last year's election. While polls for years have shown majority support for gay marriage ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602562/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 11:28:11 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602562/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA LAN.SN said on Saturday it will resume flights to, from and within Argentina by 1530 GMT after state company Intercargo unilaterally decided on Friday to stop providing services to the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602353/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 11:25:31 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602353/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Flourishing turtle tourism is providing good livelihoods for people in formerly dead-end farming towns, with the Trinidad-based group Turtle Village Trust saying it brings in some $8.2 million annually. The inflow of visitors, both domestic and foreign, to Trinidad's northeast coast jumped from 6,500 in 2000 to over 60,000 in 2012. Officials with the U.S.-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602460/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 11:08:46 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214602460/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb NEW DELHI -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday. His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement. Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said it was appreciated that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is making India the first stop of his first overseas ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214601877/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:31 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214601877/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Bogota, may 18 (Prensa Latina) More than 500 people will attend from today an ecumenical forum for peace to favor reconciliation and the construction of a stable and lasting peace for Colombia. The forum, organized by the Ecumenical Table, seeks "to carry a message to the Government, the guerrillas, social, political and popular actors and the international public opinion", affirm its ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214601917/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:29 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214601917/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214601865/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 10:07:58 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214601865/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -; Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing that the state-owned company posted losses of more than $70 ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214601294/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 09:45:51 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214601294/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The colt will face eight rivals at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday. If the horse wins, he gets a shot on June 9 to try for the first Triple Crown win since 1978 at the Belmont Stakes. Orb will break from the one post during the race. Trainer Shug McGaughey said Friday he was pleased with the horse and does not see any problems ahead of the race. Eleven horses have won the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214601367/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 09:45:45 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214601367/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb A federal court in Houston, Texas, has sentenced an Indian citizen and a Brazilian national to three years in prison for smuggling illegal migrants into the United States. Kaushik Thakkar and Fabano Amorim were also given two years of supervised release when their prison terms end. Prosecutors say the two charged Indian citizens up to $60,000 each and conspired to smuggle them into the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214600897/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 08:44:03 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214600897/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The death of former Argentine military leader Jorge Rafael Videla has been greeted with mixed feelings of relief and anguish. He passed away in prison on Friday serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity committed during the 1976-83 military dictatorship. For human rights groups the hope of finding the 30,000 ‘disappeared’ died along with him. President of the Grandmothers ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214600426/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 07:13:58 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214600426/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214599931/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 06:39:41 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214599931/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Officials say the gunmen gunned down an administrator for the al-Rasheed district Saturday, and also killed the police captain's wife and their two children. The attackers also killed at least one security officer nearby. On Friday, a series of bomb attacks targeted Sunnis in Iraq, including in Baquba, just north of Baghdad, killing 70 people and increasing fears of renewed sectarian ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214599863/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 06:39:41 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214599863/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Officials say Police Chief Abdul Ghani was near his home late Friday when gunmen shot him. No one has been detained in the case. The Associated Press quotes a local official as saying Ghani had led a crackdown on insurgents in his district of Khaki Safad that resulted in the killing and capture of several Taliban leaders. The spokesman said that made him a target for Taliban ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214598853/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 04:34:24 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214598853/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Officials say the crash took place around 6 p.m. local time Friday near Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 100 kilometers northeast of New York. Connecticut state governor Dannel Malloy told reporters that five people were critically injured in the crash, including one person with very serious injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Malloy said there is "no reason to believe ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214598990/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 04:34:24 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214598990/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb LIMA, May 18 (RIA Novosti) - Peru is interested in buying 700 Kamaz trucks and a new batch of Mi-8/17 helicopters from Russia, as well as testing the T-90S tank that is currently on display at a defense technology exhibition in Lima, the head of Russia's delegation to the show said on Saturday."Russia is discussing the possibility with Peru of signing a contract for the delivery of ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214599029/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:34 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214599029/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb NORTH Korea has launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said. "North Korea launched two guided missiles in the morning and another one in the afternoon,'' a defence ministry spokesman told AFP. "The missiles landed in the East Sea (Sea of Japan),'' he said. South Korea was ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214599494/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:58 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214599494/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb A member of environmentalist organization Greenpeace takes part in a protest against the use of nuclear energy, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 27, 2013. (Xinhua/Rahel ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214598918/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 03:51:59 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214598918/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The decision to give refuge to a convicted Iranian woman should be seen as a humanitarian act without political motives, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "I made the offer for humanitarianism, instead of politics," Xinhua quoted da Silva, as saying while referring to the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, who has been convicted of adultery and sentenced to death ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214598396/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 03:12:22 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214598396/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb the BBC reports , after the Senate and National Assembly approved the bill, it "was quickly challenged on constitutional grounds by the main right-wing opposition UMP party of former president Nicolas Sarkozy." Friday, a ruling by the Constitutional Council cleared the way for the president's signature. The council found the bill in accordance with constitution, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214597699/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 02:19:32 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214597699/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The remarks by General Martin Dempsey were the first U.S. confirmation that Russia made the sale of so-called ship-killer cruise missiles to Syria. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. The New York Times says the Russian anti-ship cruise missiles are more advanced than previous ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214597003/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:39 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214597003/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Two new medical discoveries are raising hopes of containing malaria - the mosquito-borne parasitic disease that each year infects more than 200 million people and claims an estimated 660 thousand lives. Meantime, the World Health Organization is warning about dire consequences if a drug-resistant form of malaria spreads beyond southeast Asia. Artemisinin has helped cut global malaria deaths by ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596263/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 00:15:26 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596263/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Lima, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will officially visit Peru on next Tuesday as announced by the Peruvian Foreign Ministry. The report said that Harper will be received in the Palace of Government by Peruvian President Ollanta Humala. The objective of the Canadian Prime ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596293/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 00:09:50 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596293/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. The architect of state terror in Argentina's so-called Dirty War has died. Dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was a general who led ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596301/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 00:08:40 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596301/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Prices: Transportation prices are mostly fixed, but hotel and menu prices are pretty much whatever the proprietor thinks that he can get, with significant seasonal variation. We were there in December, the low season, and prices listed here are either what we were quoted or actually paid, often after some bargaining. In the high season (May-August), however, prices can easily be 50 percent higher ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596302/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 00:07:45 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596302/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Former Real Madrid and Brazil international forward Julio Baptista revealed on Friday he is considering a return to Brazilian football.The 31-year-old, now at Spanish top-flight club Malaga, has been linked with a move to Internacional, managed by Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning captain and former national coach Dunga."We haven't spoken but I know there is interest," Batista ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596303/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Sat, 18 May 2013 00:04:27 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596303/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter, the South American country's capital city has ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596304/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 23:45:39 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596304/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb LAN Chile halted on Friday all its flights in Argentina until Saturday morning after the state company Intercargo which provides ground support for the airline, unilaterally decided to cancel the service despite court orders to the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596305/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 23:42:23 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214596305/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb WHITE HOUSE -- Obama, Burmese President to Discuss Reform Progress, Challenges Burma's President Thein Sein holds talks on Monday with President Obama at the White House. The discussions will focus on progress in reforms, barriers toward greater democratization and next steps in the changing U.S. - Burma relationship. November 2012. Barack Obama becomes the first serving U.S. president ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214595550/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:21 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214595550/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Brazilian immigration authorities on Friday unveiled a set of favorite measures aimed at bringing in more foreign professionals.According to the new regulations published by the National Immigration Council, skilled foreigners can receive a temporary visa allowing them to work immediately for a 60-day term, during which they can present all required papers.The new policy differed strikingly from ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214595588/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 22:57:53 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214595588/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pay a four-day visit to Peru and Colombia next week to enhance economic relations with South American countries.Senior officials of the Prime Minister's Office said at a news briefing that Harper will meet with leaders, representatives from the private sector and Canadians who are helping to increase economic prosperity, reinforce democratic ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214595576/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 22:57:48 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214595576/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb A Colombian thief botched his getaway by running into the path of a bus after stealing a woman's mobile phone at a station. The would-be robber was hit by the moving bus and fell between the vehicle and the glass doors of an exit at the station in Bagota, Colombia. He received medical attention and was treated for minor injuries. His victim recovered her phone and helped him out ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214595549/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 22:46:25 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214595549/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela on Friday released an opposition activist who had been jailed on accusations of inciting violence in the wake of President Nicolas Maduro's narrow election victory in April.Retired General Antonio Rivero, who government critics described as the first political prisoner of Maduro's government, told a local television station he had been released after nearly ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594929/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 21:59:10 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594929/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Ronald Reagan photographed in a cowboy hat at Rancho Del Cielo in 1976. The death of ex-Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, a mastermind of the right-wing state terrorism that swept Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s, means that one more of Ronald Reagan's old allies is gone from the scene. Videla, who fancied himself a theoretician of anti-leftist repression, died in prison at age 87 ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594930/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 21:54:44 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594930/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb SAN CRISTBAL, Venezuela , May 17 2013 (IPS) - A Venezuelan movie about a young deaf woman who is sexually abused by her stepfather, "Brecha en el silencio" (Breach in the Silence), took top prize at the second Colombia-Venezuela film ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594931/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 21:50:52 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594931/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb MEXICO CITY - Mexico's government says it will create a special investigative unit to search for the missing, heeding a request by relatives of the disappeared who have been on a hunger strike for nine days. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam made the announcement Friday after meeting with a group of parents who have been on a hunger strike and living in tents outside his office. Murillo ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594831/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 21:29:08 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594831/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Between 2003 and 2012, the total number of women worldwide wanting to avoid pregnancy and in need of contraception increased from 716 million to 867 million, with growth concentrated among women in the 69 poorest countries where modern method use was already very low. A young Chinese boy walks past a neighborhood 'sex shop', full of contraceptive suggestions, in central Beijing. (UPI ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594895/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:11 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594895/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb (file photo) Brazilian diplomat Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo has been elected the new director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Brazilian authorities announced Tuesday. The WTO is expected to make the official announcement Wednesday, but Brazil's Foreign Ministry confirmed Azebedo's victory in the election, taking at least 93 votes, more than the 80 necessary to win. ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594932/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 21:15:44 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594932/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb PEORIA, ILLINOIS -- Tea Party-affiliated activists in the Midwestern United States say they are outraged, but not surprised, by revelations that the tax-collecting arm of the U.S. government has been unfairly scrutinizing applications by conservative groups for tax-exempt status. The scandal forced the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service [IRS] to step down this week, and is prompting ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594058/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 20:52:28 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594058/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb (MENAFN) Brazil's Central Bank President, Alexandre Tombini, stated that in 2013, the country's economy will expand by 3 percent, from just 0.9 percent last year, reported Xinhua News.During the first quarter, Brazil's economy expanded by 1.05 percent compared with 0.63 percent in 2012's same period.Tombini attributed this year's expected growth to strong household ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214593905/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 20:44:57 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214593905/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Nicaragua proposes solution in maritime border dispute In the wake of fresh claims that following the Nicaraguan government is looking into the possibility of claiming more Colombian territory, the Colombian government is reportedly planning its immediate withdrawal from ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594101/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 20:37:46 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594101/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Bogota’s El Dorado airport must reduce flight delays, or risk losing its status as regional transit hub to Panama City or Lima, the president of the International Air Travel Association warned ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594102/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 20:37:45 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594102/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Alvaro Uribe ’s ';Democratic Security'; policy is the main reason he should not be reelected in 2014, said presidential hopeful Oscar Ivan Zuluaga ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594104/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 20:37:34 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594104/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb He's clean, and he's sent off into the maze of ramshackle homes that is Petare, one of the most dangerous parts of Venezuela's notoriously crime-infested ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594105/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 20:22:11 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214594105/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri May 17, 2013 7:36pm EDT SANTIAGO May 17 (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA said its Argentina unit was halting all of its flights in the country until 1330 GMT on Saturday after a state company unilaterally decided to stop providing services to the airline. Intercargo provides Latin America's biggest carrier with ramps at Argentine airports, loads suitcases and manages passenger buses ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214593932/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 19:36:47 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214593932/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Two U.S. Senators demand a thorough investigation following the arrests of two of their constituents while visiting the Turks and Caicos ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214593077/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:14 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214593077/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The top U.S. military officer says Russian missile shipments to Syria are "ill-timed" and "very unfortunate." The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. He said Mr. Assad could think the missiles somehow will make him safer and more prone to a ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591897/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:08 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591897/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb RIO DE JANEIRO, May 17 2013 (IPS) - As Brazil prepares to host several sporting mega-events, human rights abuses and authoritarian interventions by the authorities are going on behind the scenes, favouring major urbanisation projects and stadium remodelling, a study ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591733/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 18:23:25 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591733/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb General Jorge Rafael Videla, the de facto president of Argentina during the most brutal phase of the military regime of 1976-81, died Friday of natural causes in his sleep while serving his sentence at a Marcos Paz prison. He was 88. Videla was the face of the 1976-83 dictatorship in Argentina, in which 30,000 people are believed to have been killed. Videla was president during the most ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591956/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 18:23:10 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591956/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Colombia ’s iconic coffee region, on Thursday celebrated its 150th anniversary with a spectacular projection on one of the city’s oldest ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591957/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 18:19:54 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591957/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Colombia’s constitutional court on Friday ordered Congress to include victims of groups emerging from the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC in legislation granting them rights to ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591958/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 18:19:48 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591958/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne of St Peter, the South American country's capital city, Buenos Aires, has ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591614/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:46 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591614/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb * ECB signals it intends to keep monetary policy loose * US consumer confidence highest in almost six years * Brazil Bovespa gains 0.72 pct, Mexico IPC up 0.11 pct By Asher Levine and Danielle Assalve SAO PAULO, May 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks rose on Friday after a pledge from the European Central Bank to support economic growth through loose monetary policy boosted shares of commodities ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591959/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 17:26:04 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591959/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The jackpot for Saturday's multi-state lottery has grown to $600 million for a single winning ticket. With millions of tickets being sold each hour at $2 each, Powerball officials say the jackpot is likely go even higher before the numbers are drawn. Winners must match five numbers and a special Powerball to claim the entire prize. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 175 ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590653/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:11 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590653/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb -moon announced today the appointment of Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz of Brazil as Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590654/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:44 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590654/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb La Paz, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Rain and cold dispersed today a march of strikers in this capital while road blockings continued and violent incidents were reported in the interior of the country. As verified by Prensa Latina, the demonstrators, on strike for 12 days now, paralyzed downtown La Paz again, threw firecrackers and exploded dynamite cartridges, but the protest lacked the scope and ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590731/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 17:18:22 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590731/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb will boost rates for dry and refrigerated cargo in its trade from Asia, Australia, East Africa, the Middle East and West Asia to Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, starting June 1.The hike will be $500 per 40-foot reefer and dry container.Effective June 15, the container ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590713/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:36 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590713/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb will hike rates for all shipments, including refrigerated cargo, in its trade from the Far East to South America's east coast, starting June 14.The increase will be $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot and 40-foot high-cube container, the carrier ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590714/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:35 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590714/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb General Jorge Rafael Videla was the dictator who brought terror to his country in the second half of the 1970s, plunging it into a "dirty war" against subversion. At least 9,000 people were killed by armed forces under his direct command as president of the military junta which had seized power in March 1976. Videla always argued that he had merely been doing his duty. He claimed not ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591437/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 17:13:29 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214591437/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Premier Alison Redford announced new foreign trade offices in California, Chicago, Brazil, Singapore and India at the University of Calgary Friday. To the left is university President Elizabeth ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590732/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:30 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590732/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla, who led the Argentine military junta that killed thousands of opponents, died Friday in prison, government officials said. He was 87. The New York Times reported his death at the Marcos Paz Prison in Buenos Aires was announced by the Secretariat for Human Rights. The son of an Army officer, Videla graduated from the National Military College in 1944 and rose to be a ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590767/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:44 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590767/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb More than a month since Maduro was elected Venezuelan president by less than 2 percent of the vote, the US has not recognized his victory. A partial recount of the ballot is currently ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590733/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:06 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214590733/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb The U.S. space agency, NASA, has just spotted the biggest explosion on the Moon in the eight years since the agency has been monitoring lunar impacts caused by meteoroids. "On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium," said Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589406/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:22 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589406/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Zimbabwean Prime Minister and Movement for Democractic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai, left, and his wife Elizabeth greet the audience on the first day of the party's National Policy Conference in Harare, May 17, ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589405/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:22 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589405/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb WASHINGTON -- The humanitarian situation in a rural area of eastern South Sudan appears to be worsening after a hosptial run by an international medical group was heavily damaged in violence last week. Residents are fleeing Pibor town, which is in Jonglei state, near the border with Ethiopia, and some NGO's are evacuating staff from the area. The local hospital, which was run by the ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589343/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:21 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589343/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -; In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged in vigilantism. In fact, Brownfield was speaking of the danger of communities carrying out ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589355/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:12 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589355/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Former president of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva received eight "Honoris Causa" doctorates from national universities in a ceremony held at the Senate today. He urged Argentina and Brazil to "think big" and "have good relations to consolidate South American integration." He praised ex president Nestor Kirchner, the late husband of president Cristina ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589513/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 15:57:09 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589513/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Leaders of TPP member states and prospective member states at a TPP summit in 2010. (Photo: Wikipedia) The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is meeting this week in Lima, Peru, amid ongoing criticism over governance and transparency. Today marks the third day of discussions that will continue until 24th May. The TPP began in 2009 and is an expanded version of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic ... http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589514/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:32 -0400 http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/sid/214589514/scat/1f5f6572907d15fb