Colombia: “Uribe Calls For Criminal Investigation of Prominent Journalist”

Uribe also told the congressmembers investigating him that the opposition had offered important posts to Medina if she voted against reelection, according to Torrres.
The president is trying to establish an impossible syllogism: That on the one hand no crime was committed, because he did not buy Medina’s vote, but at the same time that I [...]

Diogo Mainardi’s Sambodian Farewell

Migration is my only article of faith. I am a sort of Father Anchieta of emigrants: I try to teach people to hid their shame, pack their bags, and leave. When it comes to Brazilians, the hardest part, invariably, is getting them to hide their shame. — Diogo Mainardi, Podcast Veja, August 20, 2008

Is Diogo [...]

Diogo Mainardi: “The Abominable Daniel Dantas”

Veja’s Mainardi on Globo’s late-night Jô Xô repeats the unsubstantiated rumor that senior government officials have bribe-stuffed offshore bank accounts — defending the exercise in logic-chopping gibberish with a gibbering tautology. Will the international Trotskyite conspiracy not have Diogo Mainardi to kick around any more?

Revista VEJA | Edição 2074 | 20 de agosto de 2008: [...]

Nassif on Mainardi: “The Devil Demands His Due”

Luis Nassif notes new squirming on the part of his sworn adversary Diogo Mainardi of Veja magazine in a short note today.
Nassif accused Mainardi and Veja of running a disinformation campaign in the service of the Banco Opportunity founder, who now stands formally accused of bribery, money-laundering, industrial espionage, and other nefarious deeds.
Mainardi and Veja [...]

“Alstom’s Brazilian Act of Contrition Comes Amid New Swiss Suspicions”

More bad news for Alstom — “the Gallic Construtora Norberto Odebrecht” — today, from the Público daily of Portugal.
Vários escritórios da Alstom na Suiça foram revistados, no âmbito de uma investigação por corrupção e lavagem de dinheiro, que terminou com a detenção de um ex-director do grupo francês, anunciou hoje o Ministério Público helvético.
Several Alstom [...]