“Mainardi Maintains That He Is a Martyr”

“Revenge. The contemporary face of the ancient human dilemma: forgive or retaliate.” Veja No. 2076. Likely a veiled reference to the hot debate over whether the 1979 amnesty decree applies to the torturers and state terrorists of the military regime. Mainardi bangs the same drum, meanwhile.

“It’s not my imagination I’ve got a gun on my [...]

“The Guarulhos Maniac Confesses”: Sambodian Police Torture Produces False Convictions

Jânio de Freitas of the Folha de S. Paulo comments on a case that received massive attention from the TV news yesterday.
Three young men served two years in prison for a rape and murder that was later confessed to by a gentleman known to the local press — not known internationally for its good taste [...]

ABIN’s 007 Briefcase: “The Fall of a Factoid”

Intellectual dishonesty continues to reign supreme in this debate. The Folha de S. Paulo’s online edition published an article by reporter Gabriela Guerreiro whose objective seems to be to disinform the public.
Brazilian journalist Luis Nassif and his Baker Street Irregulars have been closely watching a claim reported widely in the press here: That ABIN, [...]