Tag: South America

Brazil finds 2 tons of pot on samba school grounds

Brazil finds 2 tons of pot on samba school grounds

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2014 11:04 pm

Demonstrators protest against money spent on the preparations for the upcoming World Cup, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, May 24, 2014. The Sao Paulo police department said on its Twitter page that no violent incidents had been reported and that about 250 protesters took part in the demonstration which began outside the city's Roman Catholic cathedral. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Anti-World Cup protest rally in Brazil

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 11:16 pm

South America rejects US sanctions on Venezuela

South America rejects US sanctions on Venezuela

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 5:18 pm

Brazil’s weak service makes World Cup Tweets unlikely

LUIS ANDRES HENAO · May 24, 2014 4:30 am

Police helicopter hovers in front of the National Stadium during a practice for security operations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 22, 2014. The football stadium is a multi-purpose arena that will host games during the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament that starts in June. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil sets aside $856M for World Cup security

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 1:43 am

In this May 19, 2014 photo released by the Rosa Brandonisio Press Office, mayoral candidate Rosa Brandonisio, center, poses with supporters during a campaign rally in San Diego, Venezuela. Brandonisio, 54, had scant experience in politics when her husband was ousted in March, at the height of unrest, and arrested for allegedly failing to carry out a government order to remove street barricades in the opposition strongholds they governed. Although women occupy positions of power within Maduro's Cabinet, the armed forces and as pro-government community activists, their prominence within the opposition leadership is more recent, a result of a crackdown that has forced several to serve as stand-ins for their imprisoned husbands. (AP Photo/Rosa Brandonisio Press Office)

Wives of ousted Venezuelan mayors run for office

Fabiola Sanchez · May 23, 2014 8:33 pm

In this May 17, 2014 photo, an Aymara woman dances in a ballroom, part of the newfangled minimansions rising up in El Alto, Bolivia. They attest to a new class of indigenous nouveau riche, many of them merchants who converted street stalls into fortunes. Owners often sink a million dollars into the opulent edifices. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

‘Neo-Andean’ architecture sprouts in Bolivia

Paola Flores · May 23, 2014 5:13 am

President Juan Manuel Santos, right, who is seeking a second four-year term as candidate for the Social Party of National Unity in the upcoming May 25 presidential election, shakes hands with Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, candidate for the Democratic Center, prior to a televised presidential debate in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Colombia will hold presidential elections on May 25. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia’s presidential race engulfed by scandal

Joshua Goodman · May 23, 2014 3:04 am

Brazil border Cup operation nets 40 tons of drugs

Brazil border Cup operation nets 40 tons of drugs

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 12:48 am

Venezuela blames World Cup for airline cutbacks

Jorge Rueda · May 22, 2014 11:54 pm

Argentine inspectors locked in refrigerated truck

Argentine inspectors locked in refrigerated truck

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 11:49 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 1987 file photo, Venezuela's President Jaime Lusinchi, left, is greeted by United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez De Cuellar at the United Nations. The former president, who struggled to tame an economic crisis sparked by plunging oil prices in the late 1980s and then saw his reputation tarnished by allegations of corruption after leaving office, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014. He was 89. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani, File)

Ex-Venezuela President Lusinchi dies at 89

Jorge Rueda · May 22, 2014 10:26 pm