Dantas’ Inferno: Forum-Shop Until You Forum-Drop?

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.

Dantas pediu para Mendes julgar processo [...]

Mexico: “Oppose The Black Hand of Speculation With An Iron Fist!”

… to date neither the Bank of Mexico, the CNBV nor the Treasury have presented data to illustrate what they mean by “atypical transactions” and “the taking of unexpected and unusual risks in the forex markets.” … We Mexicans have the right to know why the authorities are insinuating that the decline of the peso [...]

Wait a Minute! Is Reuters Right or Wrong?

Moody’s corta rating da ARACRUZ e revisa VCP para negativo: “Moody’s cuts Aracruz rating and places VCP under review for downgrade (revises VCP outlook to negative?)”
The Estado de S. Paulo reports, citing Reuters.
This is work stuff for me, excuse me a moment while I think out loud about it.
According to Reuters,
SÃO PAULO – A agência [...]

Sambodian Elections: “Kassab the Clean Campaigner”

Clóvis Rossi: Surpresa? Não. Asco? Sim: The Folha de S. Paulo columnist joins the (suspiciously unanimous) chorus lamenting that the PT candidate for mayor is running a “dirty” campaign.
Headline:
Surprise? No. Disgust? Yes.
Also in today’s Folha: “Many women want to marry me, says Kassab.”
An odd statement this.
Basically, the press is outraged that Marta 13 may have [...]

Down, Down, Down Mexico Way

Suspende BMV cotizaciones de la Comer por segunda ocasión: The Mexican Stock Exchange suspends trading in Comer, is the top story today in El Universal.
What is going on (down) down (up) Mexico way, anyway? Is Bush going to wind up bailing out the Mexican financial system the way that Bubba did? We read this from [...]

Leaking and Phreaking the Tupi Supremes: Tedious Testimony!

Queiroz sugere que presidência do Supremo vazou relatório sigiloso: “Queiroz suggests the presidency of the Supreme Court leaked confidential report.”
This Queiroz is not the lead investigator in Operation Satyagraha, Protógenes Queiroz, but the head of security at the Supreme Court.
The back story: Veja magazine ran a story claiming that the Brazilian National Intelligence Agency had [...]