A strong earthquake reported in Chile
A tremor, measuring 6.1 early mornings 4.02 Am, on the Richter Scale, in the San Antonio, Valparaíso area of Chile struck on Friday, and a 4.6 magnitude earthquake 83 km…
Deforestation in the Amazon is accelerating even in lock-down
16 May 2020 – Rio De Janeiro – World’s economy has fallen below it was expected earlier as Covid -19 has impacted so hard to sustain. The corona-virus pandemic has…
Former Marxist guerrilla sworn in as president of Brazil
Accepting the mantle of power from her immensely popular mentor, former Marxist guerrilla Dilma Rousseff was sworn in Saturday as Brazil’s first female president and faced two immediate tasks: keeping…
Analysis: Brazil’s Rousseff faces fiscal and currency challenges
01 Nov, 2010 BRASILIA – The same economic boom and free spending that propelled Dilma Rousseff to Brazil’s presidency could become the biggest source of trouble during her first year at the…
Brazil elects first female president
Dilma Rousseff, a former rebel and longtime bureaucrat who has never held elective political office, will become Brazil’s first female president following her victory Sunday in a runoff election. With…
Ecuador’s president defiant after hospital rescue
A defiant Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa returned safely to the presidential palace late Thursday after spending hours held by police inside a hospital room outside Quito. Minutes earlier, members of…