A woman paints masks at a mask factory in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebration begins today, with 756,000 visitors expected to attend the five-day event
Brazil
Pacifying Rio
In anticipation of the 2014 World Cup in Rio, Brazil has begun an aggressive program to reduce crime in Rio’s favelas. Officials call it “pacification,” a full-scale military operation to run out the drug dealers and bring in more police, while other call it a superficial solution.
Iran sanctions pit major powers against developing world
The U.S.-led push for sanctions on Iran has opened a rift between world powers and developing nations, threatening international consensus on efforts to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.
