Latin America – Page 52 – People's World

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.

UN General Assembly condemns U.S. Cuba blockade

October 28, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

For the 19th time, the United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly said the U.S. should end its economic blockade against Cuba.

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

U.S. terrorism exported to Cuba and Venezuela

October 5, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Cuban TV has been broadcasting the new documentary "Cuba's Reasons: The Route of Terror" which nails down basic facts regarding anti-Cuba terror.

U.S. apologizes to Guatemala

October 4, 2010 By John Wojcik

Sixty-four years after it used the people of Guatemala as guinea pigs in a study of venereal diseases, the U.S. government last week issued an official apology.