Opinion

Brazil and the World Cup

When President Lula da Silva’s government won Brazil the right in 2007 to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the idea was to capitalise on the country’s post-1994 economic boom and to move from the status of a rapidly growing, emerging economy to that of a developed country.

Surendra Engineering has BJP ties

Dear Editor,   Reference is made to Mr Khemraj Ramjattan’s recent statement: “We now know that with the Modi government (Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi) they are going to stop that contract because (Indian contractor) Surendra doesn’t know to build a building much less a specialty hospital.”

Maternal mortality

Earlier this month, on May 10, this newspaper carried an article on maternal mortality, based on a report produced by the World Bank, the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and the United Nations Population Division.

Today's Paper

The ePaper edition, on the Web & in stores for Android, iPhone & iPad.

Included free with your web subscription. Learn more.