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Posts tagged "Brazil"

Slavery, an election and Ahmadinejad goes to Latin America

There have been some interesting headlines out of Latin America recently. A slavery ring was broken up in Mexico City. In Honduras, they held an election while the deposed president is still holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. And the president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was recently on a Latin America... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
December 7, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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Rio or Chicago 2016: a samba teacher with a heart in both places

Edilson Lima is a native of Brazil who works as a samba teacher in Chicago. Rio or Chicago 2016? Who does he want to win the 2016 Summer Olympics? “If Chicago gets it, I’ll be happy because I live here. I think it’s going to be great for the city,” said Lima, 40, who has... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
October 1, 2009 at 5:33 pm
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A concert, a coup and Brazil's bid for the Olympics

Juanes, the Colombian rocker, held a concert for peace in Cuba. The ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, is now holed up in the Brazilian embassy basically a hostage in his own country after he was ousted in a coup. And the president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said his country needs the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
September 23, 2009 at 11:43 am
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