The New York Times
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 00:00
In Nuevo Leon State, prosecutors, detectives, human rights workers and families are poring over cases together and in several instances cracking them, overcoming the thick walls of mistrust between civilians and the authorities.
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 00:00
Ms. Rousseff is expected to run for a second term next year, but a poll of protesters in Sao Paulo by Datafolha, a top research firm, found that only 10 percent said they would support her for re-election
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 00:00
Watchdog groups are gaining strength, opposition parties are challenging and exposing the faults of the status quo, and social and traditional news media organizations are increasingly seeking to hold officials accountable
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 00:00
Reporting from the streets of Sao Paulo this week, the filmmaker Otavio Cury and Dom Phillips, a British journalist based in Brazil, have produced two video reports, with English subtitles, in which Brazilians explain in clear terms the frustration and an
Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 00:00
On Wednesday, tens of thousands protested outside the newly built stadium where Brazil faced off against Mexico in the Confederations Cup.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 00:00
While Turkey's prime minister has dismissed the protesters as terrorists, vandals and "bums," Ms. Rousseff seemed acutely aware of the breadth of frustration in Brazil over the gap between the nation's global aspirations and the reality
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 00:00
Since October, 94,305 individuals have been apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley alone, topping the count in Tucson for the first time since 1993
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 00:00
Such broad protests are relatively uncommon in Brazil, with some Brazilian political analysts describing what appeared to be a political culture more accepting of longstanding high levels of inequality and substandard public services.
Monday, June 17, 2013 - 00:00
A court in Caracas, acting at the government's request, ordered Ms. Afiuni to be set free in the latest sign of a shifting political landscape in post-Chavez Venezuela
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 00:00
Those shootings - sometimes during confrontations that began with assaults on agents, other times under less clear circumstances - have bolstered criticism of agents and customs officers who operate along the United States-Mexico border