Brazil

  • Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights.
  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faces an uphill battle as she tries to win support from a skeptical Brazil for new United Nations sanctions against Iran.
  • Revelers kiss during the Banda de Ipanema parade in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Feb13, 2010. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    A kiss is just a kiss, but at Rio's Carnival, collecting as many pecking partners as possible at one of the 650 massive street parties that hit high gear on Saturday is truly a competitive sport.
  • A dancer performs during the parade of Imperador do Ipiranga samba school in Sao Paulo. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Carnival's raucous street parties flooded Rio with drum-beating local revelers and sweaty foreigners escaping snowbound cities.
  • Julia Lira, 7, dances during a rehearsal by the Viradouro samba school in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Courtesy: AP
    She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a 7-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally reserved for barely clad models who have undergone more plastic surgeries than little Julia Lira has seen birthdays.
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