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Latin America

Venezuela: A New Chance for Hope

For those of us Venezuelans who fall under the category of ‘opposition’, president Chavez’s death has come to represent a new hope for change. Beyond the respect we have payed for Mr. Hugo Chavez’s death...
by Claudia Gonzalez
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Cuba

The Changing Face of Cuba: Communism to Capitalism

For over half a century Cuba has been ruled by the Castro regime and has remained largely cut off from the rest of the world. The island’s economy is in a state of collapse and still inhabits the crippling stranglehold of the...
by World Outline
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Brazil
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Brazil Violently Ousts Indigenous Village Ahead of World Cup

Brazilian riot police violently evicted a group of indigenous people from a former museum they had occupied in Rio de Janeiro to make way for 2014 World Cup construction. Baton-wielding police agents stormed the one-time Museum...
by Global Voices
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Africa
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Is South Africa the Odd BRIC Out?

The 5th Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Summit held in Durban kicks off today and there is a sense of anticipation in the air. The thought of the major emerging economies binding together to create a super...
by Kamleshan Pillay
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Colombia

Time to reshape foreign politics in Latin America

On the 18th November 2012 the International court of Justice in The Hague made a decision concerning a major demand: Nicaragua established a claim over 330.000 square miles of land and sea, space that was previously considered ...
by Joseph Alejandro Martínez Salinas
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Brazil

WATCH: Taking a Look at Brazil Without Makeup

With both the World Cup and the Olympics looming, all eyes are turning towards Brazil. The Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics showed a bright, diverse, and eager city ready to welcome the world. The video below was created...
by Natasha Lipman
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Colombia

The Internet and Peace in Colombia

Throughout the last 60 years, the Colombian government has made numerous attempts to tackle one of the world’s oldest and largest, internal armed conflicts. Negotiations continue today in a bid to end to the war with Fuerzas...
by Joseph Alejandro Martínez Salinas
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Green

San Juan Copala, Oaxaca: Rich in Natural Resources but Poor in Indigenous Rights

“Aquí nadie se rinde” This was the phrase of many pamphlets of the Triqui indigenous group in the center of Oaxaca, Mexico, who are living in tents next to the Oaxaca’s City Hall in protest at being violently displaced ...
by Danaé Espinoza
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Chile

WATCH: How Advertising Overthrew a Dictatorship

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet faced international pressure to call a referendum on his presidency. Below is a trailer for the film “NO”, the true story of  a marketing campaign which sparked a...
by Natasha Lipman
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