VEJA International

Fetullah Gülen, the preferred enemy

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VEJA International | 27 ago 2016, 14h38

The Muslim clerk, with swollen foot and a low voice, is accused of staged a coup by the Turkish government, which have asked for his extradition. In this rare interview, he denies any desire for power and denounces the political purge in Turkey

El balón fuera del juego del astro del fútbol

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VEJA International | 30 jan 2016, 14h13

La Fiscalía denuncia al delantero y a su padre y también empresario a la justicia por evasión fiscal y falsedad ideológica, crímenes que tienen prevista una pena de hasta cinco años de prisión. Es el último lance de un partido que amenaza, fuera del campo, al más brillante astro del fútbol brasileño de la última década y expone el lado nebuloso del deporte más popular del mundo.

The Star Miskicks the Ball

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VEJA International | 30 jan 2016, 11h24

The Federal Public Prosecutor´s Office has accused the striker and his father, who is also his agent, of tax evasion and misrepresentation, crimes that are punishable by up to five years in prison. This is the latest move in a game that is threatening the brightest star of Brazilian football in the last decade off the field and casting light on the shady side of the world´s most popular sport

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Warning sign in the batallion

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VEJA International | 6 jul 2015, 11h34

Members of the Special Operations Battalion known as the Bope tell VEJA about their concern that isolated cases of corruption could be the seeds of evil in Brazil´s best prepared police force

Máximo with his mother, Argentinean president Cristina Kirchner(EFE)

Máximo Kirchner held bank accounts abroad with Nilda Garré, says financial sector investigator

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VEJA International | 30 mar 2015, 21h00

The son of Argentina´s president, Cristina Kirchner, is said to have been a joint accountholder in million-dollar bank accounts in the United States and Cayman islands with Argentina´s former ambassador to Venezuela

Venezuela sold non-existent air tickets for “aeroterror” flight

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VEJA International | 25 mar 2015, 22h30

The flights that flew the Caracas-Damascus-Teheran route between 2007 and 2010 were used to transport drugs, terrorists and money.

The Teheran-Caracas-Buenos Aires Connection

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VEJA International | 14 mar 2015, 22h34

Three former members of the leadership from the Hugo Chavez era tell VEJA that Iran sent money to Cristina Kirchner´s election campaign in exchange for nuclear secrets and impunity in the Amia case, using Venezuela as an intermediary

The end of the PT´s history

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VEJA International | 31 dez 2014, 15h28

A party with more than R$ 300 million to burn in a campaign cannot be a party of the workers. It is unbelievable that a political group that has destroyed the value of the people´s assets to the extent the PT has is really on the side of the population

The wear and tear of being in government

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VEJA International | 31 dez 2014, 14h36

In the 2002 election, the PT candidate, Lula, lost in just one state, Alagoas. In the second election, he lost in the Southern states. Dilma Rousseff has now also lost in the Midwest. The PT´s majority of 61.2% of the valid votes in 2002 fell to 60.8% in 2006, 56.1% in 2010 and 51.6% in 2014

THE NEW FINANCE MINISTER – Joaquim Vieira Ferreira Levy. Born: 1961 in Rio de Janeiro. Status: married, father of two daughters. Education: graduated in naval engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Master´s degree: economics from the Fundação Getulio Vargas business school in 1987. Doctorate: economics from the University of Chicago in 1992. Professional Experience: International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1992 to 1999. Economist at the European Central Bank from 1999 to 2000. Deputy secretary of Economic Policy in the Finance Ministry in 2000. Chief economist at the Planning Ministry in 2001. National Treasury Secretary from 2003 to 2006. Finance secretary of Rio de Janeiro from 2007 to 2010. Director of Bradesco Asset Management from 2010 to 2014.

The economy gets a new chance

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VEJA International | 3 dez 2014, 17h46

Having Joaquim Levy in charge of the economic team brings the prospect of a radical change in the current policy, with the expectation of a desirable control of public spending and a resumption of the battle against inflation. It also brings hope of a return to growth. However, what needs to be seen is whether President Dilma Rousseff will put up with ideas that are different from her own

Abuse 3 – 1 Corruption

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VEJA International | 25 nov 2014, 19h58

For every Real stolen from Petrobras, the company has lost three because of state interventionism

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Survival manual for the second mandate

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VEJA International | 4 nov 2014, 14h58

The reelection of Dilma Rousseff will give the Workers Party (local acronym PT) 16 uninterrupted years in the Planalto Palace, the center of the Brazilian government. Experts point to risks in this situation, which is unparalleled in the history of Brazilian democracy, and suggest ways of protecting society from its harmful effects

The myth of the nation split in two

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VEJA International | 4 nov 2014, 12h48

The 2014 electoral race, with all its tragedy, reverses and passion, is now being seen as a milestone which resulted in a national split. However, the opposite is actually the case: voters are distancing themselves from the PT in successive elections at a steady, slow pace typical of stable countries

Dilma Rousseff is reelected: the challenge now is make Brazil advance

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VEJA International | 28 out 2014, 12h42

The president´s victory means the PT is the only party to win four straight elections to the Planalto Palace. However, her second mandate promises to be tougher than the first

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President will have to deliver a more competitive country in her second mandate

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VEJA International | 28 out 2014, 09h39

There is no free lunch: without the commodities 'boom' and help from China, productivity will have to advance if Brazil is to return to growth

Only Dilma Rousseff wants to chat with terror

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VEJA International | 30 set 2014, 22h24

The UN and Barack Obama isolated the Brazilian president who alone called for “dialogue” with the cruelest group of murderers in the world

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They will decide the election

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VEJA International | 30 set 2014, 22h24

Those Brazilian voters who will become “orphans” when their candidate falters in the first round and have still not yet decided who they will vote for in the second round represent a maximum of 6% of the electorate. However, they will be the decisive factor in the closest disputed presidential election since 1989