1. The Real Lula Speaks Out
(Matching tags: venezuela, Brazil, Maduro, Lula)

Earlier this week, former president of Brazil Lula da Silva gave a warm and unequivocal endorsement of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela’s presidential race.  Given that the campaign officially started only ...

2. Media Bias in Brazil
(Matching tags: media coverage, Brazil)

The L.A. Times ran a very nice and uncommon report by correspondent Vincent Bevins about media bias in Brazil on Sunday.  The article notes that most of the major media is still controlled by the same ...

3. Kerry on Latin America: More of the Same?
(Matching tags: cuba, venezuela, Honduras, Brazil, mexico, colombia, State Department, CARSI)

Senator John Kerry, President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of State, spoke for close to four hours at his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.  He discussed U.S. policy in the Middle East and Asia ...

4. Brazil's GDP Slows, Weighed Down by Falling Manufacturing
(Matching tags: GDP, latin america, Brazil)

Brazil’s GDP growth slowed dramatically in 2011, falling from 7.5 percent growth in 2010 to 2.7 percent last year. In the fourth quarter, it grew by just 1.4 percent on an annualized basis. This is actually ...

5. Brazil: Record-Low Unemployment But Jobs Picture Mixed
(Matching tags: jobs, latin america, Brazil)

Last week Brazil hit record-low unemployment of 4.7 percent (or 5.5 percent, seasonally-adjusted). But almost all of the jobs created in the last three months were in the business services, finance and ...