RIO DE JANEIRO – The U.S. government, whose proposal was voted down this week in the Organization of American States (OAS), is piling up defeats in Latin America because of a vision of the region that is "distorted" by its "war on terrorism,"...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's first run-in with the military ended up giving a boost to the movement to gain access to the secret archives dating back to Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship. The Torture Never Again Group...

RIO DE JANEIRO - The publicity stirred up around the inspection of a Brazilian uranium enrichment plant is a "fabricated controversy" that could be aimed at hindering the national development of the nuclear power industry. This allegation, put forward by...