At this point, you’re probably familiar with the news that 370 journalists from around the world have participated in an intensive international investigation into tax havens, culminating with the release…
Pope Francis’ recent visit to Mexico attracted millions of followers, hundreds of politicians and an opportunity to address several key themes not only vital to Mexico, but international relations. First,…
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has pledged U$S450 million toward joint-military and diplomatic initiative Plan Colombia’s new phase - a post-civil war Colombia. The decision was announced while celebrating the…
If conservative multi-millionaire Mauricio Macri (56 years) is confirmed after 100% of the votes are counted, it will be the first time a right-wing leader has comes to power through…
Analysts expect tonight’s Argentine presidential electoral debate’s ratings to equal an Argentina-Brazil World Cup game. The stars: opposition candidate Mauricio Macri of the right-wing Cambiemos party and Daniel Scioli…
The Colombian Supreme Court has been investigating whether former President Alvaro Uribe stands responsible for an infamous massacre known as El Aro. The crime was committed by paramilitaries who believed the…
The events of September 11, 2001 stimulated foreign policy changes that affected the entire planet. The United States’ post-World War II global influence has not only held strong into the…
Christopher Columbus, with his peaked hat and his squint, is ordering beef. He counts the money stiffly, in part to show he’s being overcharged, but hiding in his joints is…
Earlier last week on Friday 14, the United States flag was hoisted over the communist-run island. The symbolic event of re-opening the US Embassy in Havana occurs in a context…
Ex-military members stand trial in Rome for alleged role in Operation Condor crimes; Precedent of Latin American human rights trials in Europe; Numerous witnesses travel to Italy to testify Europe’s…
48th Mercosur summit closes with Bolivia becoming full member; Mercosur world’s fourth largest trade bloc, Mercosur created because of historical rivalry between Argentina and Brazil; Joined with CAN to…
Four thousand years previous to you clicking on this article, the woolly mammoth goes extinct. Writing gets invented like a thousand years before. The New Stone Age ends twelve millennia…
The Festival of the Sisterhood of Boa Morte (Good Death). The social marginalised women that preserve the roots of Afro-Brazilian traditions. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xkLZhJsI7Ok/SSLrRT_tb-I/AAAAAAAAAnI/yFOXEY8PT-k/s1600/Irmandade%2Bda%2BBoa%2BMorte-Cachoeira[/caption] For five days every August since 1820,…
Coughs and Sneezes, Portugueses I think I know my history. The Spanish showed up in America, had a look around, then, like War of the Worlds, all of the baddies…