Scandals

Today, September 12th, Renan Calheiros was judged by the Senate; this was a Political judgement, not a judiciary one. Senators should vote whether or not Renan had acted unethically; there have been several charges of crimes commited by Renan. Senators didn’t have to base their votes on Law, as judges do; instead, they should base their […]

Until September 29th 2006, Brazil seemed to have a reasonable aerial transportation system. Two private airlines (TAM and Gol) concentrating nearly 80% of the market; a State company (Infraero) managing the airports; a sector of the Minister of Defense controlling radars and air traffic, including civil transportation; an independent agency (ANAC - Agencia Nacional de […]

Notice: this post contains a list of several events. More recent events are at the top. The posting date is update whenever a new event is added.

July 24th: Mangabeira Unger, who was recently appointed as Minister of Long Term Planning, parked his official car in a forbidden place (reserved for disabled).

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An Airbus A320 operated by TAM Airlines crashed when attempting to land on the airport of Congonhas, in São Paulo.

The airplane touched down the runway, but the pilot could not stop it. The airplane ran over the end of runway, flew over Avenue Washington Luis(one of the busiest thoroughfare in São Paulo) and crashed against […]

Renan Calheiros is a Brazilian politician, elected in 2002 for an 8-year term as Senator for the north-eastern State of Alagoas. In 2005, he was elected President of the Senate, for a 2-year term; in 2007, he was re-elected for another term. Affiliated with PMDB, he is one of the most faithful allies of President […]

On September 29th 2006, a Boeing 737-800 SFP, operated by Brazilian air carrier Gol, with 154 people on board, disappeared from the radars at 16h48min, when flying from flying from Manaus to Brasilia; the wreckage of the airplane were found on the Sept. 30th, in a densely forested area of Brazilian Amazon, 200 km far […]