Colombia coca crops 'drop by 25% to historic low' Colombia, one of the world's largest producers of cocaine, has seen the proportion of land planted with coca drop to a "historic low", sources in the Colombian security forces say.... (photo: AP / Fernando Vergara) BBC News Cocaine Colombia Drugs Photos Wikipedia: Colombia |
Protest-hit Brazil 'missed chance' to improve services Brazil "lost a great opportunity" to improve public services when it won the right to host the 2014 football World Cup, Rio de Janeiro's mayor says. Eduardo Paes told the BBC Brazil... (photo: ABr / Tania Rego) BBC News Brazil Photos Protest Wikipedia: 2013 protests in Brazil World Cup |
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro visits Haiti EVENS SANON Associated Press= PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) â Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made his first official visit to Haiti on Tuesday as the countries began negotiations to figure out... (photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos) The Guardian Haiti Photos Politics Venezuela Wikipedia: Nicolás Maduro |
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff plays hand over protests Having been caught out by the speed and breadth of the protests sweeping her country, President Dilma Rousseff seems to have accepted that words would not be enough to regain the initiative. With her... (photo: AP / Felipe Dana) BBC News Brazil Photos Protests Violence Wikipedia: 2013 protests in Brazil |
'War zone' Brazil still hopeful of World Cup success Football supporters fleeing tear gas and rubber bullets. Angry mobs torching banks and buses. Gleaming new stadiums encircled by activists. These are images few Brazilians would have predicted they... (photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano) BBC News Brazil Football Photos Protest Wikipedia: 2013 protests in Brazil |