Taylor Barnes

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Nukes? What nukes? US military’s ‘neither confirm nor deny’ policy complicates activists’ trial

Nuclear

A Cold War-Era “no comment” policy resurfaces in the trial of Catholic activists.

The World

For India, US health care a sea of opportunity

Lifestyle
The World

Indians seduced by fake gold

Brazil gays celebrate first mass wedding

Lifestyle

Brazil grapples with its violent history

Agence France-Presse

Brazil: Putting the funk back in favelas

Lifestyle

Baile funk parties have become a front line in a new culture war.

President Rousseff’s new rules

Politics

She doesn’t do the Daily Show or sing on TV. Brazil’s Dilma does her own thing. It’s working.

In Brazil, a turn to new faith, or none at all

Lifestyle

Once the world’s largest Catholic nation, Brazil sees its people leave the fold.

The World

VIDEO: Crack dens in Rio take a hit

Children, swept up in police raids, have a chance to get clean. But is it working?

Brazil regime crimes are above the law — for now

Conflict

Dictatorship-era army officials enjoy amnesty, but federal prosecutors aim to charge a colonel for the first time.