Posts Tagged: Brazil

Re-election for Brazil’s Rousseff in sight

October 3, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Americas.

Brazilian President and candidate to reelection of the Workers Party (PT) Dilma Rousseff (L) and Marina Silva, candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), are seen before their last TV debate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 2, 2014. Brazil's general election will be held on October 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA

The president has managed to rebound from a disastrous year – i.e., mass street protests, economic recession, and the humiliating defeat of the Brazilian team at the World Cup.

France faces Germany in World Cup – and avoids trouble at home

July 3, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Europe.

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France fans celebrate after their 2014 FIFA World Cup match against Nigeria while watching at FIFA Fan Fest on Copacabana Beach on June 30, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

There is little doubt that a France-Algeria face-off would have sparked blowback more serious than booing the national anthem.

Peru’s satellite buy next step towards the stars

May 5, 2024 by W. Alex Sanchez in Americas.

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The sun sets over the ocean on November 12, 2024 in Lima, Peru. While Peru's economy has expanded an average of 6.4 percent per year from 2002-2012, its economy appears to be decelerating this year. Although the country's poverty rate has been substatntially reduced, inequality and infrastructure challenges persist.

If all goes well and the new satellite is launched as scheduled in 2016, it will make for a fitting farewell gift from President Ollanta Humala.

Brazil’s left rises as USS Forrestal nears the end

February 13, 2024 by W. Alex Sanchez in Americas.

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People sing songs in praise of former South African President Nelson Mandela after arriving in the 95,000-seat FNB Stadium December 10, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A once-mighty symbol of American military prowess is being decommissioned, while Brazil’s former radicals take on new power and prestige.

Brazil’s warplane choice not a Saab story for France

December 19, 2024 by W. Alex Sanchez in Americas, Europe.

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A Saab JAS 39C Gripen jet performs during an aerial show in Eslov in this June 5, 2024 file photo. Brazil on December 18, 2024 awarded a $4.5 billion contract to Saab AB to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets, a surprise coup for the Swedish company after news of U.S. spying on Brazilians helped derail Boeing's chances for the deal. The contract, negotiated over the course of three consecutive Brazilian presidencies, will supply Brazil's air force with 36 new Gripen NG fighters through 2023. Aside from the cost of the jets themselves, the agreement is also expected to generate billions of additional dollars in future supply and service contracts.

A Dassault win would have been a feather in Hollande’s damaged cap and another link forged between Brazil and France.

Will Lula swoop in and unite Brazil’s divided left?

August 19, 2024 by Matt Taylor in Americas.

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Former Brazilian president Lula Da Silva (R) embraces current Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff upon her arrival at the Forum of Social Progress on December 11, 2024 in Paris. AFP PHOTO POOL REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE/Getty Images

The popular former president made the career of the current one, but a stubborn protest movement fed by economic discontent has many looking to recent history for a unifying figure.

Obama-Putin beef a drag on Syrian peace process

August 7, 2024 by Matt Taylor in Europe, U.S..

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File photo of U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Los Cabos, Mexico, June 18, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed/Files

Bloodshed continues as Western political elites debate what constitutes acceptable surveillance on their citizens.

Rousseff’s ratings plunge, but she’s not finished — yet

July 16, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Americas.

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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (R) and her foreign minister Antonio Patriota are pictured during the XLV Mercosur Summit, at the headquarters of the bloc in Montevideo on July 12, 2013.

National protests this June, and a subsequent drop in popularity, come at an inopportune time for Rousseff, who is eyeing a bid for the October 2014 presidential election.