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In Pictures: Funny animal faces
In Pictures: Brazil: sights to see
Latin America Monitor
Brazil's new arms-trafficking frontier? The sea

Brazil’s Federal Police say that arms traffickers are using new routes to get weapons into the country. Entry via sea port is now just as important as entry over land.
Latin America Monitor
Scandal, inflation, and a murder suspect freed: a tough week for Brazil's president

Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff resigned over questions about his personal wealth, and now Italy is furious after Brazil's supreme court released a jailed Italian murder suspect and fugitive.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 12/15
Gallery: World's biggest energy hogs
World's 18 most endangered spoken languages

The UN Atlas of Endangered Languages lists 18 languages with only one remaining speaker. With about one language disappearing every two weeks, some of these have probably already died off.
Global News Blog
Why Iran’s Ahmadinejad is warmly welcomed in Brazil

Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – whom US President Barack Obama called 'the most popular politician on earth' – hosted Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today. It is the first visit by an Iranian president.
Global News Blog
Why is Israel's Shimon Peres in Brazil and Argentina? Iran.

For the first time in 40 years, an Israeli president is paying a state visit to Brazil. Israel President Shimon Peres began a week-long visit to Brazil and Argentina today. A key reason: Iran's growing influence in Latin America.