Posted on November 18, 2008 by Colin Brayton
… the senator said, regarding the participation of congress members in this companies, “it must be brought to light, because the legitimacy of Congress must be preserved.”
DMG niega nuevamente que tenga vínculos ilegales; presentará a sus socios hoy en rueda de prensa: DMG, a peculiar financial institution in the middle of the ongoing collapse of [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2008 by Colin Brayton
Supremo vai decidir futuro do ministro Paulo Medina: The Brazilian Supreme Court will decide this week whether to accept the indictment of a federal judge accused of selling a judicial verdict in favor of the Rio gambling mafia for R$1 million.
The federal police busted a whole bunch of lawyers and judges for providing liquidity to [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2008 by Colin Brayton
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.
“Our target acts in a highly [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2008 by Colin Brayton
Operador tenta suicídio no pregão: A trader at the BM&F, Brazil’s principal commodities and future exchange, shoots himself Getúlio Vargas-style in the trading pit.
The exchange in downtown São Paulo has metal detectors, but apparently traders are not subjected to them.
Another great piece of PR for the Sambodian private security industry: The heavy security scheme mounted [...]
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