http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.regional.latin.america.caribbean News Fri, 25 May 2012 17:42:52 -0400 Fri, 25 May 2012 17:33:22 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/25/Tropical.Weather/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_Tropical.Weather 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-7026 Hurricane Bud weakened Friday as it headed toward a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast south of Puerto Vallarta. Two people, one of them from France, were reported missing in a separate storm in Cuba. Fri, 25 May 2012 17:12:19 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/25/LT.Brazil.Forest.Law/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Brazil.Forest.Law 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-684c Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used a line-item veto Friday to send back parts of a congressional bill that loosened the nation's benchmark law protecting the Amazon rainforest — a veto the government said would prevent increased deforestation. Fri, 25 May 2012 15:45:19 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/LT.Mexico.Child.Mutilated/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Mexico.Child.Mutilated 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-7194 A 5-year-old Mexican boy whose eyes were allegedly gouged out by his mother as part of a drug-fueled ritual "to save the world" is expected to live, but has been left completely blind, health authorities said Friday. Fri, 25 May 2012 14:46:04 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/25/LT.Mexico.Elections.Drug.War/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Mexico.Elections.Drug.War 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-67ef Shortly after sunrise last month in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, police found 14 butchered bodies in a van outside city hall, a salvo in a seesawing battle of horrors between Mexico's two most powerful drug cartels. Fri, 25 May 2012 13:19:02 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/25/CB.Puerto.Rico.Hot.Car.Death/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Puerto.Rico.Hot.Car.Death 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-6a1d A Puerto Rico doctor has been found guilty of negligent homicide in the death of her toddler whom police say she accidentally left in a hot car for several hours. Fri, 25 May 2012 01:46:51 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/25/CB.Haiti.Shantytown.Stadium/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Haiti.Shantytown.Stadium 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-6eb7 A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the hemisphere for its extreme poverty and gang battles. Thu, 24 May 2012 23:38:14 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/LT.Venezuela.Colombia/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Venezuela.Colombia 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-71fe About 3,000 Venezuelan soldiers have been sent to bolster security along the border with Colombia after the neighboring country's main rebel group carried out a deadly attack on a Colombian army patrol in the frontier region, Venezuela's defense minister said Thursday. Thu, 24 May 2012 22:33:08 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/25/LT.Mexico.Indian.Protest/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Mexico.Indian.Protest 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-6fa3 Mexico's government says it will protect a half-million acres held sacred by the Huichol Indian tribe that inspired a protest movement against a Canadian company's silver-mining concessions in the northern desert. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:52:27 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/LT.Colombia.Unionist.Attacked/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Colombia.Unionist.Attacked 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-70fb A gunman opened fire on a labor leader in the Colombia city of Cali but missed, killing the man's brother and wounding two other people, including a 4-year-old girl, police said Thursday. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:45:11 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/25/Chile.Codelco.CEO.Quits/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_Chile.Codelco.CEO.Quits 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-6fe1 The chief executive officer of the world's biggest copper company is stepping down. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:13:13 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/25/LT.Venezuela.Guns/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Venezuela.Guns 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-6ffe Venezuela's government has prohibited people from possessing guns in public places in an effort to counter rampant violent crime. Thu, 24 May 2012 20:54:52 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/LT.Drug.War.Mexico/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Drug.War.Mexico 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-7163 Suspected drug cartel gunmen opened fire on a hotel being used as a police barracks then attacked it with a car bomb Thursday, wounding eight officers less than 4 miles (6.5 kilometers) from the U.S. border, Mexican officials said. Thu, 24 May 2012 20:23:32 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/LT.Venezuela.Cuba.Undersea.Cable/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Venezuela.Cuba.Undersea.Cable 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-7075 An undersea fiber-optic cable that was laid last year between Venezuela and Cuba is working, a Venezuelan government official said Thursday. Thu, 24 May 2012 19:21:51 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/CB.Trinidad.Crime.Reporter.Nabbed/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Trinidad.Crime.Reporter.Nabbed 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-70b5 A reporter who led crime coverage for a Trinidad & Tobago newspaper and a TV news cameraman are being accused of robbing a liquor store and getting in a shootout with police. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:47:40 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/LT.Argentina.Train.Accident/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Argentina.Train.Accident 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-75bf Argentina's government on Thursday revoked the commuter railway concession for a company whose train crashed in February, killing 51 people and injuring 703. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:34:02 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/CB.Dominican.Republic.Corruption/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Dominican.Republic.Corruption 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-720d Three high-ranking police officials in the Dominican Republic have been accused of providing security to drug traffickers, marking the latest public corruption case to hit the Caribbean nation as it tries to clean up its military and police. Thu, 24 May 2012 15:17:32 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/LT.Brazil.Civil.Unions/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Brazil.Civil.Unions 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-736a A measure allowing same-sex civil unions passed its first legislative step in Brazil's Congress, where it has lingered for 16 years. Thu, 24 May 2012 11:54:15 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/CB.Jamaica.Ponzi.Scheme/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Jamaica.Ponzi.Scheme 3b280955d2c94cf0:284d01a3:1377ec25934:-7657 David Smith was a large-living and influential figure in Jamaica before courts in two countries knocked him down as a fraud artist. He splurged on luxury cars and mansions, flew in a Learjet and sponsored concerts and athletic events. Now court documents say he also was spreading his Ponzi-scheme wealth to the country's politicians. Thu, 24 May 2012 00:23:26 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/LT.Mexico.Prison.Violence/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Mexico.Prison.Violence 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-27b4 State officials say three prisoners have been killed and six wounded in a gunfight at a prison in the violent northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas. Thu, 24 May 2012 00:14:30 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/24/LT.Mexico.Student.Protests/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Mexico.Student.Protests 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-28c5 Thousands of university students marched through central Mexico City on Wednesday to protest media coverage that they say favors the candidate of the former ruling party in upcoming presidential elections. Thu, 24 May 2012 00:02:44 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/23/CB.Guantanamo.Sept.11.Trial/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Guantanamo.Sept.11.Trial 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-2a8c Defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo are seeking the testimony of former President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama in a motion to dismiss charges, according to a legal motion released Wednesday. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:51:45 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/23/US.Jamaican.Drug.Boss/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_US.Jamaican.Drug.Boss 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-2ac4 A former track coach at a Jamaican high school testified Wednesday that a notorious drug kingpin sought his illegal services to obtain fraudulent visas for couriers — including a young girl — to smuggle drugs into the United States. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:28:54 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/23/LT.Brazil.Legalizing.Slums/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Brazil.Legalizing.Slums 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-2edb The home Jose Nazare Braga built in the Rocinha shantytown is his life's work, an investment that grew from a shack to a three-story building over 30 years. A restaurant and a paper-goods store on the ground floor provide income, and his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren live above. Wed, 23 May 2012 17:10:07 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/23/LT.Brazil.Subway.Strike/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Brazil.Subway.Strike 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-2eca Subway workers went on strike in Brazil's biggest city on Wednesday, but ended it five hours later after halting a system used daily by more than 4 million people and snarling the city's already difficult traffic. Wed, 23 May 2012 17:06:57 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/23/LT.Mexico.Slain.Journalist/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Mexico.Slain.Journalist 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-2e90 Prosecutors in southern Mexico announced Wednesday that they have captured a man suspected in the killing of independent U.S. journalist Bradley Will during protests against the Oaxaca state government in 2006. Wed, 23 May 2012 15:24:26 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/21/LT.Drug.War.Mexico/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Drug.War.Mexico 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-482a Mexico's former ruling party said Wednesday it will suspend the party membership of a former governor accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels. Wed, 23 May 2012 08:51:32 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/23/LT.Peru.Dolphin.Die.off/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Peru.Dolphin.Die.off 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-3106 The mass die-off of nearly 900 dolphins and porpoises along Peru's coast remains unsolved, Peru's government marine research agency says. Tue, 22 May 2012 23:48:09 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/CB.Jamaica.Human.Rights/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Jamaica.Human.Rights 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-3613 Amnesty International urged Jamaica's government Tuesday to appoint an independent fact-finding panel to investigate human rights violations allegedly committed during a bloody state of emergency to catch gang boss Christopher "Dudus" Coke. Tue, 22 May 2012 22:53:14 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/23/LT.Venezuela.Chavez/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Venezuela.Chavez 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-34fd Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reappeared on television Tuesday a week and a half after returning from cancer treatment in Cuba. Tue, 22 May 2012 21:49:01 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/23/LT.Brazil.Slave.Labor/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Brazil.Slave.Labor 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-3522 Lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that strengthens punishments for landowners and others who force people into slave-like working conditions, in which thousands of Brazilians are trapped. Tue, 22 May 2012 21:46:36 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/23/CB.Dominican.Election/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Dominican.Election 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-34fc A former president who lost his bid to be re-elected in the Dominican Republic issued a scathing denunciation Tuesday of the country's electoral process but made no mention of any plans to challenge the outcome. Tue, 22 May 2012 21:24:08 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/21/LT.Honduras.Drugs.Shooting/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Honduras.Drugs.Shooting 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-4b0f A fearsome rattle of gunfire from the sky. The roar of helicopters descending on a tiny, Honduran town. And the sound of commandos speaking in English as they battered down doors and detained locals in the hunt for a drug trafficker. Tue, 22 May 2012 20:50:04 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/LT.Argentina.Uribe.Bomb/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Argentina.Uribe.Bomb 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-3932 Police on Tuesday defused a pair of powerful firecrackers hidden in a Buenos Aires theater and apparently timed to explode just when a crowd of high-paying guests would have gathered to greet former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Tue, 22 May 2012 19:09:04 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/LT.Bolivia.Police.Chief/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Bolivia.Police.Chief 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-35ba Bolivia's corruption-plagued national police force has its seventh new police commander in six years. Tue, 22 May 2012 19:01:53 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/LT.Mexico.Election/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Mexico.Election 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-35c6 A new poll in Mexico says the second- and third-place candidates in the presidential race are running neck and neck — but remain far behind the candidate of the country's former ruling party. Tue, 22 May 2012 19:00:23 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/LT.Chile.Disappeared.Voters/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Chile.Disappeared.Voters 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-35e1 Walter Ulises Pizarro Molina is registered to vote in Chile's presidential elections next year, although he disappeared after being arrested 35 years ago during the country's dictatorship. Tue, 22 May 2012 18:25:50 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/LT.Honduras.New.Police.Chief/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Honduras.New.Police.Chief 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-3a96 The newest top cop who President Porfirio Lobo is giving the responsibility of cleaning up the national police force has faced questions in the past about his record on human rights. Tue, 22 May 2012 17:52:14 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/LT.Brazil.Airline.Sexist.Comments/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Brazil.Airline.Sexist.Comments 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-3657 A Brazilian airline says one of its female pilots tossed a passenger off a flight because he was making sexist comments about women flying planes. Tue, 22 May 2012 17:10:16 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/LT.Brazil.GDP/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Brazil.GDP 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-36cd Brazil's finance minister is lowering the forecast for the South American country's economic growth this year, and he blames the global financial crisis. Tue, 22 May 2012 15:17:43 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/CB.Cuba.Castro_s.Daughter/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Cuba.Castro_s.Daughter 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-38e8 She has her uncle's penchant for speaking her mind. From her father, she inherited a disciplined tenacity. Tue, 22 May 2012 09:43:05 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/LT.Argentina.Economic.Slowdown/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Argentina.Economic.Slowdown 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-3f94 Argentina's nine-year economic expansion is slowing sharply, according to analysts, who predict growth of 2.5 percent to 3 percent this year, half the 5.1 percent projected by the government's 2012 budget and far below last year's 8.9 percent rise. Mon, 21 May 2012 21:48:09 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/22/LT.Guatemala.Ex.Dictator/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Guatemala.Ex.Dictator 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-4171 A judge lodged a second genocide charge against a former Guatemalan dictator on Monday accusing him in the massacre of more than 200 villagers. Mon, 21 May 2012 21:47:26 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/21/LT.Venezuela.Prison/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Venezuela.Prison 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-4219 President Hugo Chavez said Monday that he personally spoke with some inmates by phone before prisoners engaged in a three-week armed standoff at a Venezuelan penitentiary agreed in negotiations with authorities to come out and be moved to other jails. Mon, 21 May 2012 21:28:49 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/21/LT.Colombia.Rebels/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Colombia.Rebels 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-434b Fighters from Colombia's main leftist rebel movement staged an attack from Venezuelan territory Monday on an army patrol that was guarding a telecommunications tower, killing at least 12 soldiers and wounding four others, Colombian officials said. Mon, 21 May 2012 20:06:57 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/21/CB.Haiti.Americans.Detained/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Haiti.Americans.Detained 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-4236 Two Americans jailed for allegedly driving a group of would-be soldiers during a protest demanding the restoration of Haiti's army face up to three years in prison if convicted on conspiracy charges, a prosecutor said Monday. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:12:59 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/19/CB.Dominican.Election/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Dominican.Election 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-5381 Dominican President-elect Danilo Medina thanked his supporters Monday for a first-round win in an election that left many in the main opposition party bitterly claiming fraud and his main opponent refusing to concede. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:45:36 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/19/LT.Mexico.Elections/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Mexico.Elections 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-5437 The front-running candidate in the race for Mexico's July 1 presidential election pledged on Monday to respect transparency and plurality if elected, things his Institutional Revolutionary Party was not known for during 71 years in power. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:32:59 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/21/LT.Chile.Pinera.Congress./?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Chile.Pinera.Congress. 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-42a8 Three-quarters of the Chilean areas hit by the devastating 2010 earthquake have been reconstructed, President Sebastian Pinera told congress Monday. Mon, 21 May 2012 15:09:10 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/21/CB.Cuba.Waiting.for.the.Web/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_CB.Cuba.Waiting.for.the.Web 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-46b5 It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation and boost web capacity 3,000-fold. Even a retired Fidel Castro had hailed the dawn of a new cyber-age on the island. Mon, 21 May 2012 13:17:39 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/latinamerica/2012/05/21/LT.Brazil.Internet.Access/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_latinamerica_LT.Brazil.Internet.Access 3b280955d2c94cf0:-76ad8112:13755fa47e1:-4617 Brazil's president says the nation has nearly doubled its high-speed internet connections in the past year.