During his trip to Colombia, Brazil and Chile this week, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta emphasized the role of those three neighbor countries as military partners in a region where U.S. influence is being challenged by China. And as the military relationships grow, defense officials say it can only help U.S. economic and political ties across the continent. Panetta’s meetings [...]
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A crusading federal prosecutor in Brazil this week opened his second 20 billion real ($10.9 billion) lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and driller Transocean, doubling the charges against both companies while drawing criticism from other Brazilians. The new lawsuit, the second filed by Eduardo Santos de Oliveira against the companies in less than five months, is related to an oil leak discovered [...]
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A judge in Campos, Brazil, may transfer the criminal case filed against Chevron and drill-rig operator Transocean to Rio de Janeiro, a move that would eliminate a crusading prosecutor from that case. Eduardo Santos de Oliveira, a federal prosecutor based in Campos, in Rio de Janeiro’s interior, said on Friday that a jurisdictional review is under way that could postpone criminal indictment of both [...]
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A Colombian army attack against a FARC camp has left 33 guerrillas dead in an oil region bordering Venezuela, the sharpest blow struck by security forces against the rebel group in the last year, that government said Wednesday. The offensive against a column of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) took place in the northeast department of Arauca, the same [...]
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The Brazilian navy has detected a thin oil slick, stretching for about a mile, in the same offshore field where U.S. oil company Chevron had a minor spill in November. Navy officials reported the spot on Friday after a surveillance flight off the Atlantic coast of Brazil, according to a statement issued late on Friday. The Navy, oil industry regulator ANP [...]
Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday began a tour of Latin America under intense pressure from business and political leaders to speak on a topic that no U.S. official wants to address: the decriminalization of drugs. The presidents of Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia and Mexico, suffering the consequences of a failing drug war, [...]
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Peru is interested in buying 10 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to patrol its Amazon borders, the Brazilian Minister of Defense said Tuesday, opening a new market for Brazilian manufacturer Embraer in Latin America. The announcement was made by Defense Minister Celso Amorim in Brasilia after meeting with Peruvian counterpart Alberto Otarola to discuss the [...]
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Thousands of state police in Rio de Janeiro returned to work on Tuesday after a two-week strike that unleashed a wave of violent crime, disrupted preparations for carnival and raised concerns about safety for the 2014 World Cup. The police, who demand better pay, ended the strike late Monday to calm fears that the protest [...]
Brazilian soldiers on Monday laid siege to hundreds of striking military police in Salvador, trying to quell a protest that has triggered violence in a World Cup 2014 venue and damaged the country’s international image. Bahia State authorities accused the striking police of being behind some of the 94 homicides recorded since the start of [...]
Brazilian prosecutors are planning to file criminal charges against Chevron Corp within the next several weeks, adding the possibility of prison time to an $11 billion civil lawsuit for a November oil spill offshore. The federal court filing in Campos, Brazil, will probably include a criminal indictment of Chevron Brazil CEO George Buck and other staff, [...]
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