Mario Osava

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," according to analysts. Washington has an erroneous perception of Latin America not … Continue reading “The United States Doesn’t Understand Latin America”

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 (GTNM) of Rio de Janeiro is demanding the immediate opening of what … Continue reading “The Struggle to Pry Open Brazil’s Military Archives”

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 physicist Aquilino Senra Martínez, is based on his contention that the United Nations’ International Atomic … Continue reading “Brazil Fights for Right to Produce Nuclear Fuel”