News and reports from North, Central and South America.
Rodney Mello, 19 October 2003
Brazilian banks are betting on a growing economy for 2004. But President Lula da Silva's economic advisers are warning a continuous devaluation of the dollar represents a danger to the economy.
Rodney Mello, 9 October 2003
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's recent assertion that he would not interfere in Cuba's internal affairs has infuriated relatives and friends of Cuban dissidents and human rights campaigners.
Dominic Bascombe, 5 October 2003
On the 20th anniversary of the overthrow and execution of Grenada's leader and the US invasion that followed, Dominic Bascombe looks at how events are remembered.
Tom Phillips, 27 September 2003
Controversial plans to offer state help to Rio de Janeiro's gays have stunned Brazil.
Rodney Mello, 26 September 2003
Brazilian leftist president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, told an audience of US investors those who bet against the Brazilian Government will end up losers.
Tom Phillips, 16 September 2003
Death squads are operating in at least 15 Brazilian states, according to a document passed to the United Nations by the Brazilian Government this week.
Dominic Hipkins and Richard Powell, 26 November 1998
The news focus on Chile concerning the detainment of General Pinochet in London has until now paid no attention to the fate of the British defence journalist Jonathan Moyle, who was found hanged in his Santiago hotel room on April 1 1990.
Dominic Hipkins and Richard Powell, 25 November 1998
"The UN official only left the plane at Santiago airport moments before the door closed. We never felt safe. Even when our plane landed in Rio we were very scared as people had been abducted there in the past and disappeared."
Dominic Hipkins and Richard Powell, 22 November 1998
A summit of Chile's security forces chiefs have met in Santiago to discuss their former commander's continuing detainment in London.
Dominic Hipkins and Richard Powell, 16 November 1998
Britain's record on responding to other countries' requests to hand over human rights abusers is blemished by the case of Alfredo Astiz of the Argentinean army.
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