Posted on October 9, 2008 by Colin Brayton
… as soon as he took office, General Castello Blanco promised to widely publicize evidence of the corruption of the prior regime by publishing a “white book” of corruption – a promise he never kept, among other reasons, because it would probably have been necessary to admit at the same time that military men were [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2008 by Colin Brayton
EXAME magazine — proof that reasonably, though not exceptionally, intelligent life lurks in hidden recesses at the Editora Abril, despite the jaw-dropping journalistic vandalism practiced by its flagship Veja newsweekly (Veja lies) — has this: “Panic on the Avenida Faria Lima!”
If there is one thing that the Editora Abril insists on, it is instilling a [...]
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