Brazil Uses Text Messaging to Reach Job Seekers
Ozy.com is reporting that text messaging is becoming an option for job seekers in places where expensive cell data plans and Internet cafe's are...
Takanakuy: Peruvian Fight Festival 2012
http://youtu.be/Za05hDUszqE
BBC News is reporting that Takanakuy, the annual Peruvian fight festival that takes place during the Christmas holidays, has occurred. Takanakuy literally means when...
CARICOM Joins Battle Against Cholera in Haiti and DR
Caribbean 360 is reporting that CARICOM has joined the fight against cholera devastating Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has signed...
Brazil: Reggae Music Honored at Florianopolis Carnival
Cecilia Campbell-Livingston is reporting that Reggae music has gone carnival in Brazil. Singers Bunny Wailer and Andrew Tosh, music industry veteran Maxine Stowe and...
Colombia: Shakira's Virtual Baby Shower Rocks
by Nsenga K. Burton
Rolling Stone is reporting that celebrated singer Shakira is hosting a virtual baby shower with soccer star boyfriend Gerard Piqué. The...
Former Brazilian Soccer Player João Rodrigo Silva Santos Decapitated
The Bleacher Report is reporting that former Brazilian footballer João Rodrigo Silva Santos has been kidnapped and decapitated by suspected drug traffickers in Rio...
Brazil's Stake in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
OPINION
by
Ian Walcott
When President Dilma Rousseff took office in January 2011, she made history on a number of fronts. This elevated her to be the...
The New Democratic Majority: Too Good to be True?
Opinion
by
Devona Walker
One could argue “the beginning of the end” for Republicans began in 2008 when a visibly aged, baffled and seemingly jaded John McCain...
‘Dear White People’: Director Justin Simien Has More Stories to Tell
Dear White People is the clever feature debut of Houston native-now-Los Angeles-based writer, producer and director Justin Simien. The winner of this year's Sundance...
Legendary Brazil Goal Keeper Gylmar dos Santos Neves Dies
The Bleacher Report is reporting that legendary goal keeper Gylmar dos Santos Neves has died. Often thought of as the greatest soccer goal keeper...
