When Hacks are Flacks: Luis Robert Demarco on Consultor Jurídico

That is to say, the same person who writes articles as a journalist has the persons he writes about as paying PR clients.

Luis Roberto Demarco on Dantas and the Media: The former Daniel Dantas partner writes a response to an article by Márcio Chaer of Consultor Jurídico in the pages of the Observatório da Imprensa [...]

Shaking Down CSN: Legal Uncertainty In Hobbesian Rio

Bada bingo, bada bicho: Vintage roleta. Source: Musem of the Policia Civil [state judicial police
Chefe da policia
Pelo telefone
Manda me avisar
Que na Carioca
Há uma roleta
Para se jogar
–Donga
Former Rio de Janeiro state police chief Álvaro Lins, elected to the state legislature in 2006, has been stripped of his mandate after an impeachment proceeding on the floor of [...]

Dantas’ Inferno: Daniel in the Congressional Lion’s Den

Daniel Valente Dantas. Graphic: Veja magazine, May 2006, when it reported: “Daniel Dantas has a list that may show illegal offshore bank accounts controlled by the president and party bigwigs.” Veja had plenty of evidence that “almost certainly does not” was the word to use instead of “may.” Ecce Veja.

Observations from Brazilian business journalist — [...]