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Brazilian President and presidential candidate for the Workers Party, Dilma Rousseff, delivers a speech in Brasilia on October 5, 2014, after general elections. (AFP PHOTO / EVARISTO SA)

Brazil’s Rousseff in tight runoff against pro-business Neves

by Alex Edwards | Oct 6, 2014 | World

Rio den Janeiro, Reuters—Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff faces a tough election runoff against her pro-business rival, Aecio Neves, after he rode a dramatic late surge and won strong support in the first round of voting on Sunday. Neves, a former two-term...

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A man leaves the polling booth after casting his vote at a school in Sao Bernardo do Campo, south of Sao Paulo, on October 5, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / NELSON ALMEIDA)

Brazilians voting in nail-biter election for president

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 5, 2014 | World

Rio de Janeiro, Reuters—Voters across Brazil were casting ballots Sunday in the most unpredictable presidential election in decades and the first since the end of an economic boom underpinning the leftist Workers’ Party’s 12-year rule. As President Dilma...

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Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) presidential candidate Marina Silva, (R), and her running mate Beto Albuquerque, celebrate the launch of their candidacy for the presidential elections in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Silva launches bid, threatens Rousseff re-election

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 21, 2014 | World

Brasilia, Reuters—Environmentalist Marina Silva officially launched a bid for president on Wednesday, upending Brazil’s October elections and threatening the ruling Workers’ Party’s 12-year hold on power. Silva, until now a vice-presidential...

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (left) welcomes South African President Jacob Zuma upon his arrival to the 6th BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, on July 15, 2014. (AFP Photo/Yasuyoshi Chiba)

BRICS set up bank to counter Western hold on global finances

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 16, 2014 | Business

Fortaleza, Reuters—Leaders of the BRICS emerging market nations launched a 100-billion-US-dollar development bank and a currency reserve pool on Tuesday in their first concrete step toward reshaping the Western-dominated international financial system. The bank aimed...

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Germany’s Philipp Lahm holds up the World Cup trophy as the team celebrates their 1–0 victory over Argentina after the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Estádio Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, July 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Jubilant Germany become world champions again

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 14, 2014 | Sports

Rio De Janeiro, Reuters—Germany are champions of the world again after snatching victory against Argentina in the soccer showpiece with a superb extra-time goal from baby-faced Mario Götze to lift the trophy for the first time since 1990. Hatched from the agony of...