Brazil's Lula in Quandary Over 'Dirty War' Past
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Newly surfaced photographs of  a victim of Brazil's 1964-85 military rule have put the  government in a quandary -- how to avoid riling the armed  forces while satisfying rights groups' demands for answers  about the country's "Dirty War."
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Brazil is a largely pacifist country in South America. Our last war was fought against Paraguay in the 19th century, when we pretty much leveled the then enemy country, once the most developed in the region, today a haven for contrabandists and counterfeiters. There were also some internal conflicts througout brazilian history, a bloody conservative dictatorship in the 20th century - though not as bloody as in Argentina or Chile - and today we witness a daily struggle between police forces and drugs and arms dealers, robbers and the like in big cities. That said, most brazilians wouldn't ever imagine our country going to war nowadays. It's just... Not brazilian! The september 11 attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon were a shock for all of us, as it was for most people in the world. Everything stopped as we held our breath in front of our TV sets. Friends called each other asking "Did you see it? I can't believe!". Most people felt compassion for the dead, their families and all americans. On the other hand, many people did not.
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Brazil publishes an official list of atrocities allegedly committed during two decades of military rule.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Stacks of dirty money nabbed in a botched smear campaign covered Brazil's front pages on Saturday as polls showed for the first time that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could be forced to a second round run-off.
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Thanks mostly to a robust economy, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been coasting to re-election victory in two months. But a new threat is rising.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- For months, air safety concerns have been discussed in congressional hearings, and pilots and traffic controllers have worried for years about the short, slippery runways at Brazil's busiest airport.
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Political analysts are uncertain if BrazilÂs president, made vulnerable by another corruption scandal, will obtain the majority he needs to avoid a runoff.
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Brazil's top general leading  Haiti peacekeepers says comments by US Democrat John Kerry boosted unrest.
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Battered by a string of  political scandals, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da  Silva squandered what seemed to be a sure first-round election  victory and now must face a run-off vote against an energized  opposition candidate.
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RIO CUEIRAS, Brazil  - Brazil's center-left  government will unseal archives of the country's 1964-85  military dictatorship in an effort to resolve a painful chapter  in the nation's recent history, the justice minister said on  Tuesday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - A Russian oil baron  suffering from memory loss finds out he is Brazilian and his  family has been killed. He goes to the tropical country to do  business, seek revenge and look for his lost love.
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LETICIA, Colombia -- The presidents of Colombia and Brazil met on their Amazon jungle border yesterday to discuss the dispute between Colombia and Venezuela, sparked by the abduction of a Marxist guerrilla on Venezuelan soil.
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Attorney General Mario Iguar&#225;n has been praised for his willingness to uncover the war-torn country's grisly past. But how far will he go?
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The United States and Brazil will look for ways this weekend to bridge bitter divisions between rich and poor nations that led to the collapse of trade liberalization talks, Washington's chief trade negotiator said Friday.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - With his leftist credentials   and background as a factory worker in polluted Sao Paulo,   environmentalists had high hopes of Brazilian President Luiz   Inacio Lula da Silva when he took office in 2003.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Violent clashes over land increased during Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first term, disappointing rights groups that hoped the former union leader would alleviate rural tensions, a report issued on Thursday said.
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz  Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday urged the world's poor and  hungry to unite against rich nations' interests before he  jetted off to a meeting of the globe's wealthy elite.