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At the UN, a Latin American Rebellion

Picture: Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff at the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations, UN Headquarters, New York courtesy UNIC/John Gillespie. Laura Carlsen - Without a doubt, the 68th UN General Assembly will be remembered as a watershed. Nations reached an agreement on control of chemical weapons that could avoid a global war in Syria. The volatile stalemate on the Iran nuclear program came a step closer to diplomacy. What failed to make the headlines, however, could have the longest-term significance of all: the Latin American rebellion. For Latin American leaders, this year’s UN general debate became a forum for widespread dissent...