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Education a failure in most countries Public and private education in Latin America is a proven disaster, despite the fact that the percentage of investment in this subject, in relation to the GDP, is three points greater than the percent... Read More...

Stingy Sam Although the Asian tsunami was the result of a massive earthquake for which nobody on this planet is to blame, the United Nations still found a way. By Hal Linsey. (WorldNetDaily, 12/30/2004) Read More...

Nuclear Brazil Is Hiding Something. But What? Brazil remains an excellent candidate to be a nuclear power, considering the availability of uranium, skilled personnel and the enrichment facility technology that it appears to possess. By Claudia P... Read More...

In Brazil Fat Compensations May Be Legal, But They Sure Are Immoral The government, while diligently compensating the bandits who once wanted to install a communist dictatorship in the country, is far from being preoccupied in paying what is owed to citizens that are ... Read More...

Left-leaning intellectuals, voters and their values It has long been suspected that the academic world leans to the left. Proof has just emerged that this assumption is correct. By Carlos Alberto Montaner (Firmas Press, 11/30/2004) Read More...

Don't reward Castro for releasing prisoners It is very important that the pressure against the dictatorship should continue, Carlos Alberto Montaner argues. (Firmas Press, 12/07/2004) Read More...

Chavez and fear Widespread violence in Venezuela is a tactics to intimidate adversaries, Carlos Alberto Montaner analyzes. (Firmas Press, 12/14/2004) Read More...

U.S. diplomat pushes democracy in Cuba James Cason, America's top diplomat in Havana, got right to work after arriving two years ago. He journeyed across the island, meeting with political dissidents and other supposed ''subversives.'' He ... Read More...

Argentina Can Wait, Says IMF Article discusses that unless Argentina restructures their state debt, the IMF will not reopen discussions with them. (KeralaNext.com, 12/3/04) Read More...

Nicaragua Says It Will Destroy Missiles Nicaragua will completely eliminate a stockpile of hundreds of surface-to-air missiles with no expectation of compensation from the United States. (The Miami Herald, 11/12/2004) Read More...

Latin America's Chinese puzzle The potential for profit in forging commercial ties with China has left some in the Caribbean and Central and South America positively giddy. But nothing is guaranteed. (The Miami Herald, 11/13/2004) Read More...

Chinese officials focus on trade The president of China and other high-ranking Chinese officials began a tour of Latin America in Brazil intending to enhance trade for the booming nation of 1.3 billion people. (The Miami Herald, 11/1... Read More...

Leaders' hard lines give envoy tough test New U.S. ambassador to Venezuela will handle the hardest diplomatic post in the hemisphere right now. (The Miami Herald, 11/11/2004) Read More...

Bush and the rest of the world President Bush's victory is almost incomprehensible in Europe and Latin America. Why? Carlos Alberto Montaner explains. (Firmas Press, 11/09/2004) Read More...

Colin Powell Visits Brazil, But Why? The visit, which lasted less than two days, was so fleeting and flimsy that one cannot help but wonder why Powell came and what he thought he had achieved. By John Fitzpatrick (Brazzil, 10/12/2004) Read More...

I Don't Vote in Brazil and I'm Proud of It College students, federal employees, and mostly retirees and pension beneficiaries, in the last Brazilian national election, voted in herds for the left leaning President Lula da Silva. What can be ex... Read More...

Freedom of Press Is More Fiction than Fact in Brazil Regardless of clear legal provisions, constant attacks have been occurring against freedom of the press in Brazil. By Augusto Zimmerman (Brazzil, 10/05/2004) Read More...

Havel calls for democracy in Cuba "Cuba is a giant prison," said Mr. Havel. By Voice of America. (Cubanet, 10/11/2004) Read More...

Chavez Threatens Governors With Jail "If any governor beaten on October 31 rebelled and said that he won't hand over his post, arrest him and take him out of his office," Chavez told military officers. (NewsMax Wires, 10/18/2004) Read More...

Democracy doesn't have to fail Neoliberal reforms defined in the so-called Washington Consensus did not fail because they were wrong but because they were insufficient and did not go to the cultural and institutional root of the pr... Read More...

Latin America benefits from China's development For the Latin American countries China's significance does not only lie in increasingly broader trade opportunities and investment prospect but also in many international issues. (People`s Daily Onlin... Read More...

China Filling U.S. Vacuum in Latin America There's a powerful new player in Latin America and its aggressive presence south of U.S. borders spells trouble for the U.S. in this politically sensitive region. By Phil Brennan (Newsmax, 09/13/2004... Read More...

Administration backing off on Cuba's germ warfare ability New intelligence report says, contrary to what was reported in 1999, that bio-weapons programs in Cuba are uncertain. (San Francisco Cronicle, 09/18/2004) Read More...

Can't Brazil Leave the NY Times Alone? On giving in to the temptation of again confronting the powerful New York Times, the Brazilian government is issuing an affidavit that the Federal Council of Journalism is its own initiative, and no... Read More...

In Brazil, Dictatorship is Back. Brazil's President Lula is intent on building a brilliant and lasting career. He has proposed the Federal Council of Journalism, to get a better grip on those "coward journalists" who don't have the ... Read More...

Left Unchecked Lula Would Muzzle Brazil Three recent proposals by Brazilian President Lula have caused uproar in Brazil. The first would create a Federal Counsel of Journalism to police journalists' activities. The second would establish a ... Read More...

In Brazil, Good News Is No News The ruling party may not drive Brazil to a communist regime but some sort of dictatorship may be inevitable. By Janer Cristaldo. (Brazzil, August/2004) Read More...

Agribusiness is Bad for Brazil and Brazilians João Pedro Stédile, leader of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST), explains why land reform is crucial in Brazil. (Brazzil, July/2004) Read More...

The real Cuba A group of American Christian pastors recently visited Cuba. Their main goal was to criticize the travel restrictions imposed by U.S. State Department. By Joseph Farah (Cubanet, 07/30/2004) Read More...

Brazil's Lula: 'Only New Order Will End Terrorism' "We do not want to depend on arrangements with developed nations that distort the international system and condemn us to eternal dependence on unequal and uncertain concessions," Brazilian President L... Read More...

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