http://www.ft.com/world/americas/society Financial Times en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2012. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:02:07 GMT Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:24:54 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/world/americas/society http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/world/americas/society http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/533fea86-5172-11e1-a99d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Hal Weitzman’s ‘Latin Lessons’ explains how Latin America found its way to prosperity without Washington’s counsel, writes Julia Sweig Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:02:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/533fea86-5172-11e1-a99d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 533fea86-5172-11e1-a99d-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4146f386-50de-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Brazil’s emerging new middle classes are enticing multinationals and domestic groups into the country’s slums, writes Joseph Leahy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:56:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4146f386-50de-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 4146f386-50de-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/478caf9e-5181-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Technology challenges the philologist’s due to a state information monopoly, giving 2 per cent of Cubans internet access Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:02:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/478caf9e-5181-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 478caf9e-5181-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5313f644-5184-11e1-a99d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has adopted an ambivalent tone on human rights as part of a more mature stance built on growing economic success Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:05:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5313f644-5184-11e1-a99d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 5313f644-5184-11e1-a99d-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f5f28418-48cc-11e1-954a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Reforms from President Raúl Castro have encouraged small businesses and eroded traditional structures and attitudes in unanticipated ways Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:14:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f5f28418-48cc-11e1-954a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product f5f28418-48cc-11e1-954a-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1617909c-46e0-11e1-bc5f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product International consultants to review US company Newmont’s environmental impact study after local concern water supplies are being polluted Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:02:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1617909c-46e0-11e1-bc5f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 1617909c-46e0-11e1-bc5f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/881b4494-45e7-11e1-9592-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Growing wedge in the relationship began last year when Brasilia supported a vote on Iran at the UN Human Rights Council Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:23:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/881b4494-45e7-11e1-9592-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 881b4494-45e7-11e1-9592-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed255d6a-4129-11e1-8c33-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Prospect of significant oil discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico could alter Havana’s economic future and its relations with Washington Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:31:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed255d6a-4129-11e1-8c33-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product ed255d6a-4129-11e1-8c33-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7103c16-3dd4-11e1-91ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product A Colombian entrepreneur designs bulletproof sports jackets, polo shirts, T-shirts that are being snapped up by Mexican politicians ahead of July’s election Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:30:12 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7103c16-3dd4-11e1-91ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product b7103c16-3dd4-11e1-91ba-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92d35a2c-3ca8-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Almost 13,000 killed in first nine months of 2011, marking the bloodiest since the government took office in December 2006 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:13:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92d35a2c-3ca8-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 92d35a2c-3ca8-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/27f56694-3c73-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product The presidents of Haiti and the Dominican Republic have joined international health officials in calling for hundreds of millions of dollars to eliminate one of the world’s largest epidemics Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:48:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/27f56694-3c73-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 27f56694-3c73-11e1-9bcc-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7dcbdd92-3c63-11e1-8d38-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Two years after a devastating earthquake, the government is seeking foreign investment to help bring down the island’s 70% unemployment rate Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:09:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7dcbdd92-3c63-11e1-8d38-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 7dcbdd92-3c63-11e1-8d38-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ccb7a530-3ae2-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Reconstruction continues ‘at a snail’s pace’ two years after the capital, Port-au-Prince, was torn apart by an earthquake, according to a report by the aid agency Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:11:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ccb7a530-3ae2-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product ccb7a530-3ae2-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed025638-37bc-11e1-9fb0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product The 1973-1990 period will be described as a ‘military regime’ – a phrase the education minister says is more general Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:18:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed025638-37bc-11e1-9fb0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product ed025638-37bc-11e1-9fb0-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86d1169c-36ef-11e1-b741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Lawyers plan to pursue oil group in other countries after an Ecuadorian court upheld an $18bn damages award over environmental damage in the Amazon region Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:25:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86d1169c-36ef-11e1-b741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 86d1169c-36ef-11e1-b741-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca897b8e-2bc0-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product A police programme to restore law and order to the Brazilian city’s violent favelas has had its successes but a lack of resources is undermining it Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:32:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca897b8e-2bc0-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product ca897b8e-2bc0-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0701f0a4-2dca-11e1-b985-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product The decision to free inmates, including some convicted of crimes against ‘the security of the state’, comes ahead of a visit by Pope Benedict XVI next spring Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:17:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0701f0a4-2dca-11e1-b985-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 0701f0a4-2dca-11e1-b985-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1b94428-2aff-11e1-8a38-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Despite fears of the public reaction to the return of the country’s former dictator, few seemed to care Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:54:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1b94428-2aff-11e1-8a38-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product d1b94428-2aff-11e1-8a38-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19374ef0-2103-11e1-8133-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Environmentalists say change amounts to amnesty for illegal clearing, while proponents say it provides much-needed legal certainty for farmers Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:06:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19374ef0-2103-11e1-8133-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 19374ef0-2103-11e1-8133-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d5b51cc-201f-11e1-8462-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product Chilean miners prepared to walk out if Anglo American refuse to sell Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:07:18 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d5b51cc-201f-11e1-8462-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_americas_society/feed//product 2d5b51cc-201f-11e1-8462-00144feabdc0