"My pain is the echo of your own joy" Friedrich Nietzsche This March marks the 10th anniversary of the ill-fated Car Wash operation. Not coincidentally, the judiciary is faced with the dilemma of reviewing the leniency agreements signed by companies for
"Easy money is often the hardest path to true prosperity" Socrates This week, a lawyer from Rio de Janeiro was shot dead in front of his office in Rio de Janeiro. The police are investigating whether the motive for his murder is linked to
"When one doesn't want to, two don't fight" Lula was disastrous in his comment when he put Hitler and the Jewish people in the same sentence and compared it to the conflict in the Gaza Strip. He made a serious diplomatic mistake. In fact, when diplomacy, which
"In a democracy, the military must be accountable to the people, not the other way around." Franklin D. Roosevelt It is inevitable to refer the current national political situation, with the revelations of the investigations into the coup d'état acts of January 8, to the times when the country was ruled by
"The punishment of the good who are not interested in politics is to be ruled by the bad" Plato Brazil has the gift of self-flagellation and of destroying itself from time to time. Whenever it shows signs of improvement, something happens to shake up its structures
The CIA, in the United States, is responsible for collecting and analyzing foreign intelligence information to advise the government on national security issues, which includes obtaining data on potential threats, assessing risks and providing analyses that will serve to support formulation
The recent appointment of Guido Mantega to the presidency of Vale generated intense debate and pressure from the market. The movement was so great that the appointment was eventually canceled, with the former minister releasing a letter in which he gave up the position.
"The evil that is committed does not surprise us more than the good. Human stupidity, yes, that always surprises us" Albert Camus Every day that passes, more atrocities and crimes are revealed by the Car Wash prosecutors, led by former judge
The expression "annus horribilis", of Latin origin, loosely translates as "horrible year". According to the Cambridge Dictionary, it is defined as "a year of extremely bad events". However, the phrase gained notoriety in 1992, when it was used by Queen Elizabeth II to describe the worst of the year.
"Power is not an end in itself, but is essential to the achievement of goals." In the book "How Democracies Die", by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, the authors explore democratic decline through concrete studies. They emphasize the
