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Rise and fall of participatory budgeting
Oped, Published on 24/04/2023
» One of the world's great democratic innovations is about to make a big comeback in the place where it was invented: my country, Brazil.
Inter-American court hears first abortion rights case
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» SAN JOSé - Women gathered outside the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in Costa Rica Wednesday, calling for "justice" as lawyers presented the tribunal's first-ever abortion rights case.
Brazil's Rousseff suspended to face impeachment trial
AFP, Published on 13/05/2016
» BRASILIA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was suspended Thursday to face impeachment, ceding power to her vice president-turned-enemy Michel Temer in a political earthquake ending 13 years of leftist rule over Latin America's biggest nation.
Nicaragua's Gonzalez, from garbage collector to flyweight champ
AFP, Published on 14/10/2015
» MANAGUA - As a kid in a poor neighborhood of a poor country, Nicaragua's Roman Gonzalez collected garbage with his father in a cart pulled by a rented horse.
Petrobras CEO, top brass resign in Brazil amid scandal
AFP, Published on 04/02/2015
» The chief executive of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, Graca Foster, resigned Wednesday along with the entire board of directors as the company reels from a massive corruption scandal.
France romp, Costa Rica stun Italy
AFP, Published on 21/06/2014
» France thrashed Switzerland 5-2 to surge closer to the World Cup last 16 as Costa Rica booked their place in the knockout rounds with a 1-0 upset of Italy, which confirmed England's exit.
Costa Rica stun Italy to send England packing
AFP, Published on 20/06/2014
» Costa Rica upset Italy 1-0 on Friday to seal England's exit from the World Cup and reach the second round of the tournament for the first time since 1990.