Brazil

Latin American, Caribbean unity group forms in Caracas

December 5, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Cuban President Raul Castro told reporters that, "For the first time in history we will have an organization of Our America."

Rain is not only cause of Brazil disaster

January 19, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Reports from Brazil charge that politics and real estate greed contributed to the worst natural disaster in the country's history.

Love, revolution, Lula: films from Latin America

November 18, 2010 By Bill Meyer

Two new films from Latin America dramatize the progressive histories of Cuba and Brazil: one an allegory, the other a biopic of a charismatic leader.

Former guerrilla becomes Brazil’s first woman president

November 1, 2010 By Emile Schepers

Dilma Rousseff, a former fighter against Brazil's U.S. supported military dictatorship, won a runoff election on Sunday October 31 and will become the first woman president in the huge South American nation's history.

Left advances in Brazil, runoff elections scheduled

October 6, 2010 By Emile Schepers

Workers Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff racked up the largest vote total in Sunday's presidential election in Brazil, though she barely missed the 50 percent mark necessary to avoid a runoff