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Lula
in the Ring: President Lula wears
boxing gloves during the opening ceremony of
the new Olympic Village in Manaus, Brazil. |
Lula
in the Ring
In
a rare interview, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio
Lula da Silva answers questions about his government’s
achievements, current corruption charges, trade negotiations
and Brazil ’s relationship with China.
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Brazil no foco: Spotlight on Brazil (a special section
of this issue)
Inter-American
Court Upholds Haitian Rights
A
recent Inter-American Court ruling supports the right
of Dominican-born Haitians to citizenship and schooling.
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Zorro
Strikes Again
Isabel
Allende and Sandy Curtis discuss Zorro’s latest
novelistic incarnation.
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Crossing
Through the Night
Young
director Tommy Davis documents the desert crossing
of four Mexican migrants in his film “Mojados: Through
the Night.”
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Staging
Human Rights
British
professor and director Paul Heritage stages “impossible
encounters” by bringing theater and human rights
to Brazilian prisons.
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Bolivia:
Rebellion From Within
Recent
Bolivian unrest is home-grown, argues Stanford professor
Herbert Klein.
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A
Tribute: Mexican Ambassador to the
United Nations Adolfo Aguilar Zinser speaks
during the debate over the Iraq War resolutions. |
Adolfo
Aguilar Zinser: A Tribute
Five
perspectives on the life and contributions of Adolfo
Aguilar Zinser, Mexico’s Ambassador to the UN
Security Council. 2002-03.
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Reflections
on the UN
Ambassador
Adolfo Aguilar Zinser analyzes Mexico’s role
on the UN Security Council on the eve of the Iraq war
in excerpts from his last address to the U.S.–Mexico
Futures Forum.
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When
the Leader Follows the Crowd
Economist
Juan Flores reevaluates the 1890 Argentinean financial
crisis from a microeconomic perspective.
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Xavier
Velasco: Guardian Devil
Xavier
Velasco describes his trajectory as a writer and the
inspiration for his prize-winning novel Diablo
Guardián.
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Cuba’s
Dance Revolution
What
does the future hold for former diva Alicia Alonso’s
Cuban ballet troupe?
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Brazil
no foco – Spotlight on Brazil |
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The
National Congress, Brasília. |
Lula’s
Government: Brazil in Transformation*
Luiz
Soares Dulci, Chief Minister of the General
Secretariat of the Presidency of Brazil, outlines
the achievements of the Lula government.
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Roots
of the Crisis
Jorge
Wilheim puts the current Brazilian corruption
crisis in context.
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From
Hope to Despair
Paulo
Paiva chronicles the dashing of hopes that
the “Workers’ Party way of governing” would
put a stop to endemic corruption in Brazilian
politics.
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Brazil
Votes "No" *
Ben
Lessing analyzes the recent Brazilian gun control
referendum.
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*Exclusive
to the Web. |
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