At this moment, millions of people across the American hemisphere are enthralled by the spectacle of the fifteenth Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. The festival of sport on
Pope Benedict XVI on 9 May 2007 begins his first visit as pontiff to the western hemisphere and, in particular, to the world's largest Catholic nation: Brazil. There
When President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil visits the American presidential retreat of Camp David on 31 March 2007, his host George W Bush will have a great
Brazil is a country where every issue of politics and governance divides people into two polarised camps. Brazilian foreign policy is no exception. It is characterised variously by its critics
