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Threatened
May 30
Arnaldo Jabor, O Globo, TV Globo, Folha de Sao Paulo, THREATENED
Jabor, a filmmaker and political satirist, was threatened with a lawsuit by Bonifacio de Andrada, a member of the country's Chamber of Deputies who also serves as an attorney for the lower house of parliament. Jabor writes for several Brazilian newspapers, including O Globo and Folha de Sao Paulo, and airs weekly commentaries on TV Globo, Brazil's most popular television network.
De Andrada said that he would start legal proceedings for defamation and slander against Jabor for comments he made during a news show on TV Globo. Jabor had likened the Chamber of Deputies to a marketplace where votes were traded for favors. De Andrada also demanded that TV Globo broadcast a statement repudiating Jabor's comments. Several international organizations, including CPJ, sent letters of protest to Brazil's President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. At the end of June, no litigation against Jabor had begun.
December 20
Antonio Stelio de Castro, Pagina 20, ATTACKED, THREATENED
Altino Machado, Jornal do Brasil, THREATENED
Roberto Filho, a legislative representative for the state of Acre in northern Brazil, entered the office of the newspaper Pagina 20 in Rio Blanco with a pistol and threatened to kill Stelio de Castro, the editor of the paper, and Machado, a correspondent for the Jornal do Brasil news agency, according to the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) in Miami. Filho also assaulted Stelio de Castro. Machado had written an article for Pagina 20 about alleged fraud in entrance exams at the Federal University of Acre. The article incriminated Filho's wife, as well as other politicians and local authorities.
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