Record TV Reporter: “I Was Framed Because of What I Know”

Terra Brasil ran this infographic on the May 2006 wave of violence in São Paulo. Click to zoom.
Em carta, Cabrini alega ter sido vítima de ‘armação’: A Record TV reporter and anchor says he was “set up” because of what he knows.
The well-known TV journalist was arrested on Tuesday night, allegedly in possession of 15 [...]

“The Illusion of Rationality”: Brazil’s Exame Magazine

In Spanish and French, the book was published as The Snares of Desire.
Mass hysteria and stupidity can make a real difference to a business’ bottom line. … –Rhymer Rigby. “Craze Management.” Management Today. London: Jun 1998. p. 58
Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills. –Franz Grillparzer
…[I]t is a habit of mankind [...]

What’s Cooking at Anatel? Time Will Tell

ANATEL — the Brazilian FCC, roughly — will deliberate on a planned “transfer of control or corporate restructuring” by Telecom Italia in its meeting today.
Source: Relatório reservado nº3359 16/04/2008.
The breathless rumor is something that I should have been able to dig up myself — keeping track of the forward calendars of CADE (competition) [...]