Bait and Switch: The Battle of the Madeira River Is Fought on Astroturf

The Painel column of the Folha de S. Paulo today provides a classic case study in “astroturf” campaigning and “greenwashing” –if the item is true.
Sourcewatch has a good article on the practice in question:
Campaigns & Elections magazine defines astroturf as a “grassroots program that involves the instant manufacturing of public support for a point of [...]

Dantas’ Inferno: “The Umbrella Agreement and the Ratfinking of Judge Cunha”

Veja magazine, March 2002: “The Dossier Wars: Politicians and spies have set up a slander industry in Brazil.” This is absolutely true, and Veja itself is that industry’s McDonnell-Douglas.

A spurious dossier began to spread around Rio according to which she had bought a deluxe apartment in Ipanema. Strange persons began hanging around the building where [...]

“When the Emperor of Ice Cream Has No Disclose”: Brazilian Industry Self-Regulator Issues Disclosure Guidelines

From my pile of discarded outtakes from the Sambodian newsflow of the day: the Valor Econômico business daily reports that a financial services industry group I have never heard of before has proposed clearer, stricter guidelines on disclosure to investors.
I translate to file (hastily) for personal edification and future reference. The Brazilian capital markets have [...]