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President Dilma Rousseff in Mexico for the 7th G-20 summit, seen here with other BRICS leaders, Brazil News

Rousseff in Mexico for G-20 Summit

Contributing Reporter - June 19, 2012

By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – President Dilma Rousseff arrived in Los Cabos, Mexico Sunday to attend the 7th G-20 Summit of the world’s leading economies, where the Eurozone crisis and its effect on global growth took...

A Simple Curmudgeonly Philippic

Michael Royster - July 19, 2011

Opinion, by Michael RoysterRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Whatever happened to the separation of powers? Not only does the Brazilian “presidential” system grant the President vast powers to legislate (through “medidas provisórias” and other, more subtle means) but, most...