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A Brazilian team's first face-to-face encounter with a man said to be the last living member of his indigenous tribe.Video by Vincent CarelliAnd Then There Was One (Post Magazine, Dec. 13, 2007)

Paulo Roberto Vieira stumbled into the Brazilian consulate on L Street NW bedraggled, nearly broke and at the end of his rope.


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PAKISTAN A blast early Friday killed two police officers a day after a suicide bomber killed 19 people outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attacks by Islamist insurgents retaliating against an army offensive near the Afghan border.


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Floods, mudslides kill at least 134 in El Salvador (Post, November 10, 2009)

With slum school, Brazilian socialite targets intellectual gap:  Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, who views education as an equalizer, operates a school in a slum (Post, November 8, 2009)

Argentina scores points with free broadcasts of soccer games:  President gets a lift by ensuring free TV broadcasts for all (Post, November 1, 2009)

Digest:  World digest: U.S., Colombia sign agreement on bases (Post, October 31, 2009)

Digest:  World Digest: U.N. inspectors enter Iranian nuclear fuel lab (Post, October 26, 2009)

Venezuela's Chávez Takes a Mighty Swing at Golf:  Venezuelan Leader Makes 'Bourgeois' Sport Latest Object of His Disaffection (Post, October 10, 2009)

Politics and Prison in Venezuela:  Student Protester's Saga Shines New Light on Chávez's Approach to Dissent (Post, October 5, 2009)

Rio de Janeiro Awarded 2016 Summer Cames; Chicago Eliminated in First Round:  Rio de Janeiro Awarded 2016 Olympics as Obama's Endorsement Fails to Sway IOC (Post, October 3, 2009)

Cuba Pins Hopes on New For-Profit Farms:  Program Part of 'New Socialist Model' (Post, September 28, 2009)

Concert for Peace Draws Hundreds of Thousands in Havana:  Cuban Exiles Decry Event, but Leading Latin Music Acts Perform Before Hundreds of Thousands in Havana (Post, September 21, 2009)

Obama's Worldwide Star Power Finds Limits:  Skepticism Abroad Echoes Doubt at Home (Post, September 20, 2009)

U.S. Closes Military Post in Ecuador (Post, September 19, 2009)

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Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal
(AP, November 21, 2009; 9:11 PM)

Colombia's Uribe seeks to ease Venezuela tensions
(Reuters, November 21, 2009; 7:35 PM)

U.S. Eagles qualify for 2011 World Cup in New Zealand
(Reuters, November 21, 2009; 7:26 PM)

Venezuela captures wanted Colombian fugitive
(AP, November 21, 2009; 6:19 PM)

Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal
(AP, November 21, 2009; 2:53 AM)
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