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But Lula, like the brawny, business-minded megalopolis he has made his home, has set a sturdy example. São Paulo's vast, stalagmite horizon of skyscrapers can't match the glamour of Rio de Janeiro, but the city of 20 million people is a truer and smarter reflection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The One Country That Might Avoid Recession Is... | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

In February 2003, three American contractors crash-landed in the Colombian jungle and were captured by FARC, the country's long-lasting Marxist rebel group. For the next five years, the three were held hostage--many of their captors little more than brainwashed youths with guns--facing snakes, insects, disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

What do you think of comparisons following your speech between you and a character on 30 Rock, Kenneth the Page? Jae Edward, MINNEAPOLIS

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Bobby Jindal | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

“You do not conquer your uncommonness, it is granted you as a gift.” Jonas Wergeland, born into an underprivileged family, had only one dream: conquest. He had an indescribable and all-consuming need to prove that he was someone special and that he could...

Author: By Brianne Corcoran, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kjaerstead Spins Postmodern Web | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

First, Naples had heaping piles of trash stacked so high that the only way to make way for more trash was to light the piles on fire. Now, with the American release of “Gomorrah,” the international spotlight is on the city’s...

Author: By Alec E Jones, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gomorrah | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

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