http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us I appreciate the Sunday Nation for featuring Kisumu County in its weekly Counties Watch page. Kisumu has suffered from stunted development in the past due to lack of visionary leadership. Now that Governor Jack Ranguma has taken office, he must... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14635610-make-kisumu-a-manufacturing-hub political-news Sat, 18 May 2013 10:19:14 -0700 ON MAY 23rd in the Colombian city of Cali the presidents of four Latin American countriesChile, Colombia, Mexico and Peruwill sign an agreement removing tariffs on 90% of their merchandise trade. They will also agree on a timetable of no... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14622870-latin-american-geoeconomics-a-continental-divide political-news Thu, 16 May 2013 09:44:34 -0700 Topics Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speaks with reporters during breakfast at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia December 27, 2012. Legislation that President Dilma Rousseff says is vital to her efforts to modernize Brazil's clogged and costly ports cleared the lower... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14622461-brazil-port-modernization-bill-clears-lower-chamber-of-congress political-news Thu, 16 May 2013 08:39:49 -0700 Brazil's Supreme Court has annulled the trial and conviction of a rancher jailed for ordering the 2005 murder of U.S. nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stang. In a ruling posted Wednesday, the court said Vitalmiro Moura was not given enough... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14617256-retrial-ordered-in-case-of-us-nun-slain-in-brazil political-news Wed, 15 May 2013 14:25:37 -0700 Notaries in Brazil must perform same-sex marriages, the National Council of Justice says. In a ruling Tuesday, the council, which supervises the Brazilian judiciary, effectively legalized marriage for homosexuals in Brazil, CNN reported. noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14617179-brazil-legalizes-samesex-marriage political-news Wed, 15 May 2013 14:04:55 -0700 Jerome Valcke guaranteed on Wednesday that Brazil's largest city would remain a host venue for football's biggest event. Valcke says "the World Cup will be played in 12 host cities, and one of them is Sao Paulo."...But Valcke, speaking at... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14616710-valcke-says-no-danger-of-sao-paulo-being-booted political-news Wed, 15 May 2013 12:50:58 -0700 The Brazilian government has bought 30 security robots to improve public safety during the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics. The government paid nearly $3.5 million for the small unmanned ground vehicles which can provide surveillance, bomb disposal... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14616708-robots-to-help-brazil-provide-world-cup-security political-news Wed, 15 May 2013 12:50:27 -0700 Brazil (AP) There's a storage room just off a university lab that gives students more experience than many can handle: Skinned pigs and cats, disembodied cow livers, intestines, brains and the other unidentifiable detritus of years' worth of dissections fill... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14615692-education-woes-seen-as-achilles-heel-of-brazil political-news Wed, 15 May 2013 10:15:15 -0700 Having served as Permanent Representative to the WTO, Carvalho de Azevedo is "well placed to ensure that the WTO will continue its important work to develop an open, rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory trading system," Ban's spokesperson said in a statement.... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14614832-ban-welcomes-new-world-trade-organization-chief political-news Wed, 15 May 2013 07:50:01 -0700 The Waterside has unveiled Emerald Suites, a new collection of luxury residential apartments available for lease. Emerald Suites, meaning beautiful collection when translated into Chinese, are located on the highest floors of The Waterside, offering a choice of three simplex... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14613344-a-collection-of-luxury-residential-apartments-launched-at-the-waterside-macau political-news Wed, 15 May 2013 03:03:46 -0700 Youth in Kenya's Kibera slums carry crude weapons ready to fight youths from the rival side...The world's 10 most violent cities in 2012 were in Latin America, according to a study (Spanish) by the Mexico-based Citizens' Council for Public Security... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14612674-humanitarian-intervention-in-violencehit-slums-from-whether-to-how political-news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:39:21 -0700 In slums where killings, rape, kidnappings and other criminal violence are commonplace, say researchers, lives and livelihoods are hampered by a force that is tough to measure: Fear...Fear is a huge part of the protection mandate, and we don't measure... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14612673-the-price-of-fear political-news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:39:20 -0700 The council overseeing Brazil 's judiciary ruled on Tuesday that notary publics cannot refuse to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies, a decision that opens the way for gay couples across Latin America 's largest country to marry. Connect With Us on... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14612255-brazilian-court-council-removes-a-barrier-to-samesex-marriage political-news Tue, 14 May 2013 23:02:25 -0700 Some of the largest countries have made rapid advances, notably Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey. But there has also been substantial progress in smaller economies, such as Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Mauritius, Rwanda and Tunisia. . noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14611967-africa-the-rise-of-the-global-south political-news Tue, 14 May 2013 22:07:00 -0700 A judge has suspended a preliminary order that blocked the signing of a deal giving a multinational consortium the right to run Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium for 35 years. Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht, Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment company... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14611160-brazil-judge-lifts-maracana-concession-injunction political-news Tue, 14 May 2013 18:44:55 -0700