angrybear.blogspot.com - 10/25/2009
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by Rebecca Policymakers across Latin America are announcing measures to stem currency appreciation against the $US. Since March 2009, the $US depreciated 25% against the Colombian peso, 28% against the Brazilian real, 14% against the Mexican peso, 12% against the Peruvian nuevo sol, and 11% ...
The complicated Brazil Olympics
faustasblog.com 10/11/2009 —
The Economist has an article on just how far Brazil will have to go,
Holding the games will require effort and expense on a scale that Rio, a problem-studded metropolis of 12m (half of whom live in the city itself), has never seen. Apart from new stadiums and other sports facilities of ...
Obama's Second Chance -- By: Stephen Spruiell
article.nationalreview.com 9/14/2009 — D uring his first term, President Bush signed a protectionist farm bill and imposed tariffs on imported steel. Similarly, as a senator running for president, Barack Obama voted for the 2008 Farm Bill, and he has now decided to impose tariffs on ...
BBC NEWS | Americas | Brazil calls Obama over US bases
news.bbc.co.uk 8/21/2009 — Brazil's leader has called on US President Barack Obama to meet South American leaders to calm fears about the US military presence in Colombia. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed his concerns in a phone call to President Obama, Brazil's foreign ...
Amnesty demands crackdown on police death squads in Brazil
independent.co.uk 10/5/2009 — Brazil's police force needs urgent reform to tackle endemic human rights abuses that potentially constitute thousands of executions in the country's poorest communities every year, Amnesty International says. A report released yesterday claims that ...
Rio and the crime problem
faustasblog.com 10/4/2009 —
Ever since the International Olympic Committee selected Rio for the 2016 Olympic Games, all I have heard in every conversation on the subject (which was the hot topic even at tango last night) is how will the country deal with the tremendous crime rate.
Today’s Bloomberg article ...
“You can play a great game and still not win,”
floppingaces.net 10/5/2009 —
A sand sculpture in Brazil supports the candidacy of Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Games, as opposed to the competing cities of Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
Rio is ecstatic :
Silva called the win a “sacred day” ...
Brazil VP says country should build nuclear arms
breitbart.com 9/25/2009 — BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's vice president says his country should develop nuclear weapons. Jose Alencar says "a nuclear weapon has great importance" to prevent attacks on Brazil because of its extensive borders and maritime holdings. Alencar ...
Peruminations
powerlineblog.com 6/16/2009 — At the airport in Lima on my way home Peru last week I wrote briefly here about the fate of free trade with South American countries including Peru and Colombia. Referring to Peter Baker's New York Times Magazine article that mentioned Bill Clinton's ...
Good news: Obama backs off-shore drilling!
hotair.com 8/19/2009 — This should be good news for the Drill Here, Drill Now contingent, right? The Obama administration has committed $2 billion in loans to exploit offshore oil resources in hopes of extracting a major new source of petroleum. Despite the White House ...
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