Current Content Downloads: “A Formula for Chaos”

Democracy Now! Headlines for November 10, 2008 creates some historical confusion and triggers a lightning Sousaphone fact check.
In Chile, artists from around the world gathered in the capital Santiago for a weekend concert honoring the late former President Salvador Allende. Allende was overthrown in a 1973 US-backed military coup. His daughter, Isabel Allende, said her [...]

Dantas’ Inferno: Defense Targets Satiagraha Judge

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’ defense questions the impartiality of [...]

Why the Sambodian Press Urgently Needs My Help

Cellphone becomes exclusive phonographic media: The Gazeta Mercantil business daily here puts out an English-language edition. The quality is, generally speaking, somewhat north of embarrassing. They should hire me as their translation editor. Example:
SÃO PAULO (SP), 10 de novembro de 2008 – One of the most eagerly await albums in the Brazilian pop music world, [...]

“New Rules for the Novo Mercado”

Bolsa inicia processo de alteração no Novo Mercado: “New rules in the works for the Novo Mercado listing segment of the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa).”
A clipping left over from my working (for money and food) file this morning. And a follow-up to:

Demand for D&O Is Up Down Below (the Equator)

I could have sworn I blogged [...]