Tag: Alberto Dines

Brazil newsmagazine Veja with cover on Cuba dollars

In Holding the Press Under Suspicion Lula Does a Disservice to Brazil

One minute, the president-candidate Lula chastises the PT "nut cases." Hours before, he squealed ...

Brazilian weekly magazine Isto É with cover story on charges against gubernatorial candidate José Serra

Brazil’s Latest Scandal: Unfortunate for the Country, Disgrace for the Press

At the beginning the chicanery took a long time to be debunked. In a ...

Brazil’s Gun Referendum Exposes Country’s Open Wound of Violence

The legalization or ban of guns and ammunition trade is the putative matter to ...

Brazil’s Veja Gives Another Show on Bad Journalism and Bigotry

Veja magazine’s (number 1925, October 5, 2005, pp. 78-86) latest cover story, under the ...

Brazil’s Veja Magazine Is All Bluster and No Brain

Veja is showing the Lacerdist inspiration of its actions and reactions. Carlos Lacerda was ...

The Political Hurricane Is Over. Brazil Needs a More Responsible Media Now.

On Friday (August 26), in Quixadá, in the northeastern state of Ceará, President Luiz ...

Brazil Lula’s Foolish Guerrilla War Against Its Creator, the Media

The most recent press-hunt season started Wednesday (August 3), when President Lula went for ...

Brazil’s Inhumanity: Jean Charles Is a Hero, Victims of Brazilian Police Are Nobodies

Jean Charles de Menezes has been buried with all his fellow citizens and politicians’ ...

Brazilian Mags Make a Fool of Themselves and Nobody Cares

The Brazilian media turned on the spotlights, but it hates spotlights on itself. It ...

In Brazil’s Current Scandal, Press is Witness, Prosecutor and Defendant

Brazil’s current cycle of accusations did not become a journalism anthology but it is ...