Tag: Middle East

By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – Brazil's Foreign Ministry on Friday removed nearly all its diplomats from the Brazilian embassy in Syria because of heavy fighting in Damascus. Itamaraty (the Brazilian Foreign Ministry) said in a statement...

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has made fewer official overseas trips in her first year in office than her predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, did in the first year...

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil has reiterated its rejection of foreign intervention in Syria, where more than 3,000 people have recently been reported killed in the violent suppression of anti-government protesters calling for...