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Holiday in Sambodia: What To Do When Your Lawyer Gets Arrested For Extortion
Colin Brayton wrote 2 days ago: O Arnesto nos convidô prum samba, ele mora no Brás Nóis fumo e não encontremos ninguém” … more →
The Goddamn Dog
Colin Brayton wrote 2 days ago: Corisco. Ain't nuthin' but a (tropical) hound dog. Click to zoom. Cause I love my dog. I lo … more →
Hobbesian Rio: "Batgirl Gets Elected"
Colin Brayton wrote 4 days ago: Orkut community declares a city council candidate to be the legitimate heir of the Dark Knight — … more →
Visual Notes on Recent Sambodian Roadtrips
Colin Brayton wrote 5 days ago: The Badauê Bar, Maresias, Costa Verde, São Paulo: I had picked up this history of the Brazilian p … more →
Sambodian Elections: "Globo Lobbies for State of Exception"
Colin Brayton wrote 1 week ago: “Smile, you’re being manipulated”: commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Globo Standard of … more →
"Brazilian Money Laundering Policy in the Age of Dantas' Inferno"
Colin Brayton wrote 2 weeks ago: The following superb article on money laundering policy in Brazil in the Age of Dantas’ Infer … more →
Rio: "Politicians Só Dançam Samba"
Colin Brayton wrote 2 weeks ago: Former miltary torturer, numbers racketeer and LIESA president "Captain" Guimarães (left … more →
Rio Elections: "When The Army Retreats From The Streets"
Colin Brayton wrote 4 weeks ago: Extra (Rio de Janeiro): “The Army: Hated in Providência, Beloved in Haiti.” Brazilian military … more →
Our Sambodian Getaway
Colin Brayton wrote 1 month ago: We gotta get out of this place, if it’s the last thing we ever do. The Mrs. is loading up the … more →
"The Guarulhos Maniac Confesses": Sambodian Police Torture Produces False Convictions
Colin Brayton wrote 1 month ago: "At the moment he was arrested, military police demanded R$20,000 to let him try to escape. … more →
"Veja, The Chief Justice, and the Decline of Democracy"
Colin Brayton wrote 1 month ago: "Bloggers are not journalists." Cover of Imprensa magazine this week. The Observatório da … more →
Sambodian Phone Scam No. 47
Colin Brayton wrote 1 month ago: Has Mrs. Sousaphone been committing crimes at the Cabo Frio Airport? An anonymous caller suggests sh … more →
Rio: "Vote Batgirl or Officer Friendly Here Will Blow Your Freaking Head Off," Redux
Colin Brayton wrote 1 month ago: Batgirl perp-walked: City council candidate allegedly raised campaign funds from a price hike on the … more →
Life in Sambodia: McMafia in the Vila Mada
Colin Brayton wrote 1 month ago: Misha Glenny's globetrotting treatise on the parallel global markets in hookers, smokes and AK-4 … more →
The Folha Fails To Do The Math
Colin Brayton wrote 1 month ago: "Map of violence reveals most dangerous areas of city." No actual map was actually publish … more →
"Dantas x Lemman: Brazilian Capitalism Then and Now"
Colin Brayton wrote 2 months ago: Daniel Valente Dantas. Graphic: Veja magazine, May 2006, when it reported: “Daniel Dantas has a l … more →
I Saw it on the TupiTube: Datena on Life (and Death) in Gringo Heaven
Colin Brayton wrote 2 months ago: I saw on the Tupi boob tube yesterday evening: on TV Bandeirantes, between 5pm and 6pm or so, Bras … more →
Where's My Motoboy? Current Sambodian Content Downloads
Colin Brayton wrote 2 months ago: The sort of newsflow I said I would sort through in exchange for (not really all that much) money -- … more →
Dantas' Inferno: Another Nassif on the Leaky Police
Colin Brayton wrote 2 months ago: CC in June: “Wiretaps au Gogo. Outlaw them, no. Stop leaks, yes. The siege of the President’s br … more →
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