Tag: Brazil

In this 2015 photo, cut panels of steel used to make blades to build fans for industrial ventilation systems are stored on the production floor at the Robinson Fans Inc. plant in Harmony, Pa. On Friday, the Steel Manufacturers Association praised a report from the Trump administration that called for tariffs on steel imports. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Steel industry praises proposed tariffs on imports

Sean Higgins · February 16, 2018 8:44 pm

In this photo from Jan. 20, an opposition member waves a Venezuelan flag during a protest outside of the city's morgue in Caracas, Venezuela. In Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro and his Marxist supporters have previously clung to power by refusing to schedule regional elections and by jailing and banning its political opponents. Now, the government has announced hastily-scheduled presidential elections, but the most popular opposition candidate, Henrique Capriles Radonski, has been banned from running. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Trump should do more to denounce Latin American socialism

David Unsworth · February 11, 2018 5:01 am

Scots voted to remain British just over three years ago. That vote, all sides agreed in advance, would settle the issue for a generation. But when Britain voted to leave the European Union shortly afterwards, the leader of the Scottish government, Nicola Sturgeon, thought she saw an opportunity to reopen the issue, because Scotland, unlike England and Wales, had voted to stay in.

Daniel Hannan: Put out more flags

Dan Hannan · January 29, 2018 5:01 am

Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva (pictured right) has lost his appeal to have a corruption conviction overturned, symbolizing a new reality in Brazil. With time, this should make Brazil's political establishment more accountable, its powerful energy and commodity industries more productive, and its people better served. (AP Photo/Wesley Santos)

Beltway Confidential

Slapping down Lula, Brazil’s judiciary strengthens democracy

Tom Rogan · January 24, 2018 7:41 pm

"Explosive growth in the U.S. and substantial gains in Canada and Brazil will far outweigh potentially steep declines in Venezuela and Mexico," according to the International Energy Agency's monthly oil bulletin. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

Energy and Environment

US will surpass Saudi Arabia, rival Russia’s oil production in 2018

John Siciliano · January 19, 2018 5:53 pm

Peruvian Parliament to Vote on Whether President Has ‘Permanent Moral Incapacity’

Adam Rubenstein · December 21, 2017 9:45 am

Supporting misguided stall tactics in sugar policy like "zero-for-zero" effectively hands over control of U.S. economic policy - and Americans' wallets - to corrupt foreign governments like that of Thailand. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Big Sugar’s ‘zero for zero’ scam

David Williams · December 16, 2017 5:01 am

In Brazil, Zika affected thousands of babies born during 2015 and 2016. Zika is a virus typically spread through mosquitoes but can also be spread through sex. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Babies with Zika-caused microcephaly face challenges as they age, research finds

Kimberly Leonard · December 14, 2017 6:29 pm

The United States' NAFTA fans are reluctant to talk about the trade deal in the past tense while the negotiations continue. The talks will go through December, and the trade association source noted that there's still time for the talks to get back on track even though negotiators are only now getting at "the hard issues."

Shadow hangs over upcoming round of NAFTA talks

Sean Higgins · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, speaks during the conclusion of the fourth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mexico mulls other options should NAFTA talks fail

Sean Higgins · October 31, 2017 10:14 pm

According to a May 2016 Gallup poll, 55 percent of Americans under the age of 30 have a positive view of socialism. So, this Labor Day, as leftists invite you to step along their pathway to a workers' utopia, let us consider what capitalism has already achieved for this country, and especially for its wage earners. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Labor Day, freedom, and the wreck of socialism

Washington Examiner · September 4, 2017 4:01 am

The 2016 Summer Olympics venues are in disarray after five months of being neglected. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Olympic facilities in Rio neglected since August

Anna Giaritelli · February 18, 2017 5:19 am