Brazil
Sao Paulo, Rio revoke transport fare hikes as protests continue
SAO PAULO/FORTALEZA, Brazil - Brazil's two biggest cities agreed on Wednesday to revoke an increase in public transportation fares that set off demonstrations that have grown into nationwide protests against poor public services, inflation and corruption. | Video
Sao Paulo, Rio revoke transport fare hikes as protests continue
SAO PAULO/FORTALEZA, Brazil - Brazil's two biggest cities agreed on Wednesday to revoke an increase in public transportation fares that set off demonstrations that have grown into nationwide protests against poor public services, inflation and corruption. | Video
Analysis: Brazil's protests: Not quite a 'Tropical Spring'
SAO PAULO - Brazil's blossoming protest movement is a coming-of-age for what had been one of Latin America's most politically disengaged youth populations, but does not appear to constitute a major threat to governability or established political parties. | Video
Brazil inflation erodes Rousseff's popularity: poll
BRASILIA - Growing discontent over rising prices in Brazil has dragged down President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating from record highs, pollsters said on Wednesday, adding that her popularity could deteriorate further if inflation is not tamed.
Protests continue in Sao Paulo, troops sent to 5 Brazilian cities
SAO PAULO - Demonstrators blocked a major highway and other roads in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, crippling transportation in Brazil's largest city and financial hub, in an ongoing wave of protests against poor public services, inflation and police violence.
Rohani once approved of hiding Iran atomic work
UNITED NATIONS - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's nuclear program and said that when Pakistan got atomic bombs and Brazil began enriching uranium, "the world started to work with them."
Rousseff salutes Brazil protests, cities cut bus fares
SAO PAULO - President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country. | Video
Rousseff salutes Brazil protests, cities cut bus fares
SAO PAULO - President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country. | Video
Optimism fading, Brazil protests put leaders on alert
RIO DE JANEIRO - When more than 200,000 protesters took to the streets across Brazil on Monday night, they demanded a dizzying array of improvements - from halting the fast rise of prices to cleaning up government corruption. | Video
Brazil's Votorantim Cimentos scraps IPO as market conditions sour
SAO PAULO - Votorantim Cimentos SA, Brazil's largest cement producer, and shareholders canceled a $4.8 billion initial public offering, a source with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday, as market conditions worsened over the past few days.
Afghan peace bid stumbles on Kabul-Taliban protocol row
DOHA - A fresh effort to end Afghanistan's 12-year-old war looked in disarray on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Taliban's new Qatar office delayed preliminary discussions between the United States and the Islamist insurgents.
Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?
Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.
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