BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Dilma Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil’s first female president Saturday, capping a rapid political trajectory for the career technocrat and former Marxist rebel who was imprisoned and tortured during the nation’s long military dictatorship. (more)
As Iran moves inexorably toward the creation of a viable nuclear weapons program recent developments continue to prove that alliances can be bought and sold in the world of diplomacy. Unfortunately, the costs of such alliances are often greater than the outcomes they are intended to produce. While United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced the forward movement of multilateral UN backed sanctions against Iran, one must consider what tangible effect these sanctions will ultimately have in deterring Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and equally important the question of at what cost to long-term U.S. security interests such sanctions will be obtained. (more)
White House officials on Monday said they have “serious concerns” about Iran’s nuclear program, despite a deal announced earlier in the day by the Islamic regime to ship low-enriched uranium to Turkey. (more)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran agreed Monday to ship most of its enriched uranium to Turkey in a nuclear fuel swap deal that could ease the international standoff over the country’s disputed nuclear program, just as pressure mounts for tougher sanctions. (more)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CNN) — The death toll from flooding and mudslides in Brazil continued to climb Thursday, with official reports of at least 181 fatalities. (more)
If the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is seriously thinking about running for the post of UN Secretary General, he probably can count on the support of the International Olympic Committee. (more)
