Posted on October 31, 2008 by Colin Brayton
… the pressure from some generals to produce enemy casualties … also contributed to making the production of corpses an end in itself, because promotions and leave days depended on producing them
Semana (Colombia) this week on the progress of investigations into “false positives”: kidnappings and summary executions by Colombian military units whose victims would then [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Colin Brayton
The Brazilian journalist does not feel free to write. More than just having to follow the editorial line of the publications they work for, the complaints principally have to do with coercion by political or business groups.– “A Profile of the Brazilian Journalist”
Rodrigo Vianna, the ex-TV Globo reporter, now with the rival TV Record, comments [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Colin Brayton
The Rio mayoral elections were won by a very, very tight margin (55,000 votes, or a little over 1% of votes cast) by Eduardo Paes of the PMDB — the party of the establishment in Rio, given that the last several governors were PMDB, and Mayor Maia started out there as well before flipping to [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Colin Brayton
Marina Maggessi: Diehard. Authorized hagiography. Editora Objetiva (Grupo Prisa-Santillana, Larry Rohter’s publisher), 2008.
Marina Maggessi investigada (O Dia): Marina Maggessi, a senior state police intelligence official from Rio, currently serving as a federal legislator, is investigated over an intercepted conversation in which she is overheard recommending that a fellow police officer be, ahem, whacked out [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Colin Brayton
The existence of a plan to break Batman out of prison had been cited it at least five intelligence reports from the state judicial and military police. There were reports that the escape would cost R$2 million and that the former military policeman would walk out the front gate, as actually happened.
Secretário de presídios admite [...]
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