Rio: “Marina Maggessi Is a Victim of the Police State and the International Communist Conspiracy”

Marina Maggessi: Diehard. Authorized hagiography. Editora Objetiva (Grupo Prisa-Santillana), 2008.

[Maggessi] said she was much more concerned with the present of the MST [Landless Rural Workers Movement] in the Rocinha shantytown than with the activity of militias in Rio. Marina fears a possible alliance between the drug traffic and the MST. “The MST is politicizing Rocinha [...]

“More Discredit for Swiss in SuperToucan Affair?”

A reported settlement between Brazil’s securities regulator, the CVM, and Credit Suisse falls through. The Gazeta Mercantil reports. I could have sworn I read somewhere that this settlement was a done deal.
Between the problems Credit Suisse has had here and the Alstom affair — and the alleged lack of cooperation in assisting Brazilian law enforcement [...]

“In New York, Lula Blasts the Tupi Press”

Em Nova York, Lula critica imprensa brasileira: The Estado de S. Paulo takes some pleasure in reporting that the President of Brazil blasted reporting by its crosstown rival the Folha de S. Paulo on a supposed plan to raise additional capital for the state-owned Petrobras from a social security fund, the FGTS.
Headline in the Editora [...]