Posted on August 21, 2008 by Colin Brayton
According to the investigator in the case, there were 17 persons involved in the massacre. Of these, 10 have been identified, among which are three military police, two state judicial police, and a fireman.
Beltrame afirma que chacina em favela na Zona Oeste foi comandada por ex-PM: The Rio de Janeiro state public safety secretary tells [...]
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Posted on August 21, 2008 by Colin Brayton
O Globo reports today (my hasty translation): Organizing, funding and being a member of paramilitary groups and death squads will become a federal crime.
Unless the Brazilian Senate can find some way to preserve the sacred freedom to engage in entrepreneurial warlordism under the banner of states’ rights. Don’t count the possibility completely out. Strom [...]
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Posted on August 21, 2008 by Colin Brayton
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.
Luis Nassif comments on the follow-up [...]
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