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Brazil Police: School Attackers Imitating Columbine MassacreFriends and former classmates told investigators that 17-year-old Guilherme Taucci Monteiro and 25-year-old Henrique de Castro were obsessed with the attack on Columbine High School.
By Mauricio Savarese and Peter Prengaman
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September 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Prosecutors Charge Brazil's Silva 'Commander' of Graft SchemeBrazilian investigators charged former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with money laundering and corruption, calling him the "maximum commander" of the mammoth graft scandal roiling Latin America's largest nation.
By Mauricio Savarese and Peter Prengaman, Associated Press
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September 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Brazil's Michel Temer Inherits Presidency on Shaky GroundThe permanent ouster of deeply unpopular President Dilma Rousseff by Brazil's Senate means that a man who is arguably just as unpopular is now faced with trying to ease the wounds of a divided nation mired in recession.
By Peter Prengaman, Associated Press
9 minute read
June 09, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Scandal-Prone Brazil Government Casts Doubt on ImpeachmentWhen Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was impeached and suspended last month, her permanent ouster seemed all but certain. But the government of interim President Michel Temer may be doing more to persuade senators to rethink their stance on Rousseff than she ever could while in office.
By Peter Prengaman and Mauricio Savarese Associated Press
5 minute read
March 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Argentine President Promises Crackdown on Rampant CorruptionDuring the first 100 days of his administration, conservative President Mauricio Macri has overhauled many of the signature policies that his populist predecessors spent 12 years implementing for Argentina.
By Peter Prengaman and Paul Haven, Associated Press
9 minute read
March 03, 2016 | Daily Business Review
Argentine President: Nation in Bad Shape But Change ComingArgentine President Mauricio Macri painted a grim picture of the nation on Tuesday, telling Congress that the state is broke, drug traffickers are prospering and institutions, including the armed forces, are so weakened that the borders are barely protected and many military planes cannot fly.
By Peter Prengaman, Associated Press
3 minute read
November 19, 2015 | Daily Business Review
Argentines in Election Weigh Kirchner Policies, State RoleFrom the tables of Buenos Aires pizza parlors to the fields of this South American nation's farmlands, Argentines are intensely debating a question they must answer during Sunday's presidential runoff election: How large a role should the government play in their lives?
By Peter Prengaman
5 minute read
November 19, 2015 | Daily Business Review
Argentines in Election Weigh Kirchner Policies, State RoleFrom the tables of Buenos Aires pizza parlors to the fields of this South American nation's farmlands, Argentines are intensely debating a question they must answer during Sunday's presidential runoff election: How large a role should the government play in their lives?
By Peter Prengaman
5 minute read
November 05, 2015 | Daily Business Review
For Transgender Community, Argentine Girl Sign of HopeLuana had to fight to be a girl. She was born a boy, and struggled with a world that insisted that was what she must be. Then, in 2013, she became the youngest person to take advantage of an Argentine law that allows people to identify their own gender for legal purposes.
By Peter Prengaman
6 minute read
November 05, 2015 | Daily Business Review
For Transgender Community, Argentine Girl Sign of HopeLuana had to fight to be a girl. She was born a boy, and struggled with a world that insisted that was what she must be. Then, in 2013, she became the youngest person to take advantage of an Argentine law that allows people to identify their own gender for legal purposes.
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