Andrei Netto (

Ijuí Ijuí () is a Brazilian municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, situated from the state capital, Porto Alegre. In 2020 its population was 83,764, making it the third most populous city of the Missões region, behind Passo Fundo and Erechim. Demogra ...

, 1977) is a Brazilian journalist and author. He worked at '' Gazeta Mercantil'' and ''

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''. He is currently a correspondent to ''

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'' in

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. He graduated in Communication at

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, where he also got his master's degree, and he obtained his doctorate at

Université René Descartes Paris Descartes University (french: Université Paris 5 René Descartes, links=no), also known as Paris V, was a French public university located in Paris. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 ...

, in Paris. He covered the

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and was arrested, gaining national attention due to the episode. He registered his accounts in a book called ''O silêncio contra Muamar Kadafi - A revolução da Líbia pelo repórter brasileiro que esteve nos calabouços do regime'', which was later released in English as ''Bringing Down Gaddafi: On the Ground with the Libyan Rebels''.

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Andrei Netto's blog
at ''O Estado de S. Paulo'''s site 1977 births Living people Brazilian journalists People from Ijuí Brazilian expatriates in France {{Brazil-journalist-stub