Tag: Venezuela

Brazil Downplays Chavez Snub. He Skips Mercosur Summit to Go Arms Shopping in Moscow

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez' likely failure to attend the upcoming Mercosur presidential summit in ...

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez

Brazil Senate Intent on Blocking Venezuela from Mercosur over TV Shut Down

Despite recent conciliatory gestures between the presidents of Brazil and Venezuela, Brazil's Senate has ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

Brazilian Congress Calls Chavez Cheap Hitler and Threat to Peace

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ...

Brazilian economist Plínio Soares de Arruda Sampaio

Lula’s Closeness to Chavez Only Makes Brazil More Alluring to Bush

The Bank of the South is already a reality. Enthusiasts say it is another ...

LatAm’s Ill Is Not Chavez But Misery and Lack of Education, Says Brazil’s Lula

Brazil's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Thursday, April 26, he believes ...

Presidents Chavez, Kirchner and Lula

Brazil’s Lula Swings Through Chile and Argentina Under Chavez’s Shadow

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil is scheduled to visit Argentina ...

A Brazilian face protest: Não ALCA - No FTAA

Neither US Nor Brazil Can Set Latin America’s Agenda Anymore

Latin American and Caribbean nations have long regarded the United States not only as ...

Russian-made Sukhoi (SU-30) fighter jet

Russia’s Weapon Peddling in Brazil and LatAm Is a Thriving Business

In recent years, the Russian Federation has become one of the major weapon suppliers ...

Venezuela's President Chavez waves to a crowd

Bush Shows In Brazil How to Give Chavez the Silence Treatment

US President George Bush told his Brazilian counterpart that he has decided to "minimize" ...

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, a thorn on Washington's side

Let’s Talk About US’s Mounting Irrelevance in Brazil and LatAm

President Bush has been witnessing the advent of a new bloc of left-leaning and ...