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Brazil’s rulers hoped that economic growth would increase their political power—yet furious protest has erupted at continuing inequality, writes Dave Sewell

While the “war on terror” drew US attention elsewhere, South American states reinvented the continent’s traditional role as suppliers of natural resources.

Around 100,000 student protesters disrupted the polls at Chile’s primary elections last week. 

Britain’s secret police have a long history of trying to undermine ‘subversives’, writes Simon Basketter

Racists have carried out a wave of attacks on Muslims since the killing of soldier Lee Rigby, reports Annette Mackin

Medea Benjamin of the anti-war campaign Codepink says the tide is starting to turn for social justice activists

Tory bedroom tax minister Lord Freud was far from welcome in Manchester last week.

The Tories have taken control of a north London school and handed it to a trust made up of profit-making firms—for free.

The judge’s summing up at the inquest into the death of Jimmy Mubenga was due to start on Tuesday of this week. 

The government is ratcheting up pressure on GPs to check the immigration status of patients using the NHS. 

A fire engulfing over 50,000 tonnes of recycling material sent a plume of smoke 6,000 feet into the air on Monday of this week.

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