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Rio | Beginning of the End for Black Market Taxes?
Judicial Police in action against militia members, November 2009 G1 reports on the sensational feat of locking up dozens of military police for organizing themselves into what amount to militia group… more →
The New World Lusophone Sousaphone
Marijuana... is it time for this drug to be legalized?
wrote 18 hours ago: For years, marijuana has been illegal, unaccepted by many health scientists and professionals. The h … more →
Rio | Beginning of the End for Black Market Taxes?
wrote 3 weeks ago: Judicial Police in action against militia members, November 2009 G1 reports on the sensational feat … more →
Quote of the Day: Harry Browne
wrote 1 month ago: There are no violent gangs fighting over aspirin territories. There are no violent gangs fighting ov … more →
Eucatex | Twilight of the Maluf Family Empire?
wrote 1 month ago: If Mexico can finally imprison Elba Ester Gordillo, why shouldn’t the Brazilian finally bring … more →
Rio | Batman Returns
wrote 1 month ago: Parapolitics: City council candidate displays Batman militia symbol I read it in the Folha de S.Paul … more →
Black and Gray
wrote 2 months ago: The Colors of Soft Revolution. I have often written regarding Capitalism being the Default State of … more →
Truth Commission SP | Who the Hell Was Halliwell?
wrote 2 months ago: I read it in the Estadão. Ongoing work by federal and state truth commissions related to the militar … more →
UPP All Night | Measuring Rio's Pacification Policy
wrote 2 months ago: Attacks by drug traffickers show that urban pacification remains a challenge … By: Antônio Wer … more →
«40 Questions for Yoani Sánchez»
wrote 3 months ago: Opera Mundi relays 40 questions for Yoani Sánchez concerning her current world tour, posed by Salim … more →
Kassab and the Vehicular Inspection Racket
wrote 3 months ago: Everyman Kassab rides the Metrô As limited as my understanding of local politics is, something told … more →
«How the numbers rackets use Rio samba societies to skim public funds and launder illegal gambling money»
wrote 3 months ago: Here is that clipping I promised you about the complex economics of the mighty and magnificent Carna … more →
Rio | The PPP of Pistolagem
wrote 3 months ago: Patricia Acioli, a Rio de Janeiro state lower court judge known for her uncompromising opposition to … more →
Rio | «In the Shadows of the UPPs»
wrote 3 months ago: Militias Consolidate Power in the Shadow of the UPPs Source: Arnaldo Bloch e Chico Otávio, O Globo E … more →
EPJ: New York State Black Market in Cigarettes Booming
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wrote 4 months ago: From The EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The state tries to control the economy, but it can’t. It o … more →
The IOU of Paulo Maluf | Jersey Court Sets Penalty
wrote 4 months ago: Maluf inaugurates the Roberto Marinho bridge As the Brazilian culture industry begins to respond to … more →
Tide Detergent: For Stains and Crack
wrote 4 months ago: This New York Magazine story profiles the popularity of Tide detergent. It’s such a hot produc … more →
Listings to the Left | Carta Capital Under Fire
wrote 4 months ago: Source: Comunique-se Carta Capital magazine stands accused by the state’s attorney of Minas Ge … more →
Elite Squad II | Reviewing the Review
wrote 4 months ago: I read it on the Web site of the Instituto Ludwig von Mises Brasil. Cristiano Fiori Chiocca reviews … more →
Rio | New Man With Plan For Van
wrote 4 months ago: Black-market van stuffed with 10 armed, black-clad corpses, December 2007, Rio Source: R7. On Decem … more →
