“The Folha Tipped Dantas So He Could Try To Bribe His Way Out”: Tupi Feds

Consultor Jurídico reports on an interesting side story to the “Dantas’ Inferno” development that broke here in Brazil today — the arrest of banker Daniel Dantas and a number of his colleagues on corruption and money laundering charges.
The federal police also wanted to bring criminal charges in the same case against a journalist who published [...]

“Afghanistanism in Nigerian Journalism”

A consumer news medium in no culture or situation can declare its objectivity, fairness and communication integrity when gate-keeping decisions are influenced by factors that are unseen and unknown—such as occurs with “cash for news coverage.” This is especially true in societies that claim to be democratic and civil and humane. An attempt to present [...]

Dantas’ Inferno: Fiscal Paradise Lost?

Luis Nassif moves from play-by-play to color commentary with this more general take on how he views the significance of today’s “Dantas’ Inferno” arrests here in Brazil.
O peso político e econômico de Daniel Dantas, suas ligações com políticos e jornalistas, ajudam a dar uma repercussão maior ao episódio.
The political and economic significance of Daniel Dantas, [...]

Dantas’ Inferno: The Official Word

Marcos Valério. In Brazil, the hand gesture shown here means, not “fine and dandy,” but rather “stick it where the sun does not shine.”

The official press release from the Brazilian federal police on Operation Satyagraha, which is generating buzz, as they say, in Brazil today.
The official press conference is at 2:30 p.m. at PF [...]

Buemba! Buemba! Bob Fernandes on Dantas’ Inferno

Dantas’ Inferno: The “Big-Eared Banker” Is Under Arrest

PF prende Daniel Dantas, Naji Nahas e Celso Pitta: The Brazilian federal police arrest MIT-trained banker Daniel Dantas, notorious stock market operator Naji Nahas, and Harvard-trained former São Paulo mayor Celso Pitta.
The report is from the Agência Estado.
If you try to follow the soap opera of these byzantine Brazilian business and political scandals — and [...]

The MiniDef Listens: New Civil Aviation Policy Due Out Soon

Jobim e Conselho de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social discutem política aérea: Minister of Defense and former Supreme Court chief justice Nelson Jobim debates aviation policy with the Economic and Social Development Council (CDES).
Source: Agência Brasil, the Brazilian equivalent of NOTIMEX.
In the wake of two aviation disasters in the last couple of years — a Gol [...]