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Zulaiê Cobra
Zulaiê Cobra Ribeiro (born 18 November 1943) is a Brazilian lawyer, television presenter, and politician for the Social Democratic Party (PSD). For the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), she was a federal deputy for São Paulo for three terms, as well as a councillor of the city of São Paulo. Career Cobra graduated in law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, where she studied from 1965 until 1969. She was the first woman elected to the Council of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil in the São Paulo section (OAB/SP). She was a candidate for vice-president of OAB/SP on the ticket headed by José Roberto Batochio, who lost the election. Cobra presented the television program on TV Record from 1983 to 1985, when she went to Rede Globo to present ''TV Mulher''. In 1987 she began presenting the program ''SOS Mulher'', on TV Manchete. In 1986 she was a candidate for constituent federal deputy of São Paulo for the Brazilian Democratic Movement, obtaining more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Military Merit (Brazil)
The Order of Military Merit () is an award of the Brazilian Army The Brazilian Army (; EB) is the branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible, externally, for defending the country in eminently terrestrial operations and, internally, for guaranteeing law, order and the constitutional branches, subordina ..., established on 11 July 1934 by President Getúlio Vargas. The order is presented in five grades and recognizes distinguished service and exceptional contributions to Brazil by members the Brazilian Army and the armies of friendly nations. The grades, in descending order, are: * Grand Cross * Grand Officer * Commander * Officer * Knight Notable recipients * References {{reflist Orders, decorations, and medals of Brazil * Brazilian Army 1934 establishments in Brazil Awards established in 1934 Getúlio Vargas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mário Covas
Mário Covas Almeida Júnior (; 21 April 1930 – 6 March 2001) was a Brazilian politician. Biography Covas studied engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo. He entered politics in his native city of Santos, in the state of São Paulo. He was elected federal representative, mayor of São Paulo City (1983–1985), senator and twice Governor of the state of São Paulo. He was governor from 1994 to 1998, defeating Francisco Rossi in the run-off, and from 1998, defeating Paulo Maluf in the run-off, to his death in 2001. He was a founder and member of PMDB (Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement) and later PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party). In 1989, he was the PSDB presidential candidate, receiving 11% of the votes. In the run-off of that election, he supported, like his party, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He took a medical leave of absence on 22 January 2001, due to bladder cancer found during an operation to remove a prostate tumor. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rádio Globo
Rádio Globo is a Brazilian contemporary hit radio network, owned by Sistema Globo de Rádio, a division of Grupo Globo. It was launched on 2 December 1944. Its journalists anchors are Roberto Canázio and Rosana Jatobá. The company employs more than 200 other journalists. Until 15 July 2019, Rádio Globo was a full-service network also named . On that date, the network "flipped" to a Brazilian-style CHR format (also known in the country as "popular radio"), retaining the football broadcasts (branded as "Futebol Globo no Rádio" and simulcast with sister network CBN). Owned-and-operated stations * Rio de Janeiro: ZYD 471 - FM 98.1 MHz Programs and Communications * Vai na Fé (Padre Omar) * Café das Seis ** RJ: Fernando Ceylão e Mariliz Pereira Jorge ** SP: Mariana Godoy e Marc Tawil * Papo de Almoço (Léo Jaime, Fernanda Gentil, Adriane Galisteu, Tiago Abravanel, Marcos Veras) * Tá Rolando Música (Rafa Ferraz) * Redação Globo (Rosana Jatobá) * Zona Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Party (Brazil)
The Workers' Party (, PT) is a Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Brazil, political party in Brazil that is currently the country's ruling party. Some scholars classify its ideology in the 21st century as social democracy, with the party shifting from a broadly Socialism, socialist ideology in the 1990s, although the party retains a Left-wing politics, left-wing and marginal far-left faction to this day. Founded in 1980, PT governed at the federal level in a coalition government with several other parties from 1 January 2003 to 31 August 2016. After the 2002 Brazilian general election, 2002 parliamentary election, PT became the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies and the largest in the Brazilian Senate, Federal Senate for the first time. With the highest approval rating in the history of the country at one time, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was PT's most prominent member. Dilma Rousseff, also a member of PT, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Suplicy
Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy (born 21 June 1941) is a Brazilian left-wing politician, economist and professor. He is one of the founders and main political figures on the Workers Party of Brazil (PT). In the municipal elections of São Paulo in 2016 was consecrated as the most voted city councilor in the history of Brazil. Suplicy is primarily known for being an early supporter of universal basic income. Suplicy was a candidate for President of Brazil in the 2002 election, losing the Workers' Party (PT) nomination to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Suplicy was previously married to Marta Suplicy, the former Mayor of São Paulo. Biography Son of coffee grower Paulo Cochrane Suplicy and Filomena Matarazzo, he is an heir of the well-known coffee company Suplicy Cafés, besides belonging to the traditional Italian Brazilian Matarazzo family. His mother is a granddaughter of Francesco Matarazzo, known for having created the largest industrial complex in Latin America in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilherme Afif Domingos
Guilherme Afif Domingos (born 18 September 1943) is a Brazilian company administrator, entrepreneur, and politician of Lebanese descent, member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He was Vice Governor of São Paulo between 2011 and 2014, and chief-minister of the Secretariat of Micro and Small Business of the Presidency of the Republic between 2013 and 2015. Currently, is president of the Sebrae. In 1970, he is married to the writer Silvia Maria Dellivenneri, with whom he has four children and ten grandchildren. On 13 October 2024, his wife died at the age of 74 in the municipality of São Paulo. After the leaving of former Minister of Finance Henrique Meirelles from the PSD, Afif started his pre-campaign to be confirmed as the party candidate for President of Brazil The president of Brazil (), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil () or simply the ''President of the Republic'', is the head of state and head of government of Brazil. The presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepotism
Nepotism is the act of granting an In-group favoritism, advantage, privilege, or position to Kinship, relatives in an occupation or field. These fields can include business, politics, academia, entertainment, sports, religion or health care. In concept it is similar to cronyism. The term originated with the assignment of nephews, sons, or other relatives to important positions by Catholic popes and bishops. It has often been witnessed in Autocracy, autocracies, whereby Aristocracy, traditional aristocracies usually contested amongst themselves in order to obtain leverage, status, etc. Nepotism has been criticized since ancient history by philosophers including Aristotle, Thiruvalluvar, Valluvar, and Confucius, condemning it as both evil and unwise. Origins The term comes from Italian word ''nepotismo'',"Nepotism." Dictionary.com. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UN Convention Against Corruption
The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) is the only legally binding international anti-corruption multilateral treaty. Negotiated by member states of the United Nations (UN) it was adopted by the UN General Assembly in October 2003 and entered into force in December 2005. The treaty recognises the importance of both preventive and punitive measures, addresses the cross-border nature of corruption with provisions on international cooperation and on the return of the proceeds of corruption. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna serves as the Secretariat for the UNCAC. UNCAC's goal is to reduce various types of corruption that can occur across country borders, such as trading in influence and abuse of power, as well as corruption in the private sector, such as embezzlement and money laundering. Another goal of the UNCAC is to strengthen international law enforcement and judicial cooperation between countries by providing effective legal mechanisms for i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imprensa Nacional
Imprensa Nacional ( Portuguese for ''National Press'') is an institution of the Brazilian Government responsible for publishing both Diário Oficial da União and Diário da Justiça and for maintaining both the National Press Museum and the National Press Library. It was created as ''Impressão Régia'' (''Royal Printing'') by John VI of Portugal while Brazil was still a Portuguese colony. Imprensa Nacional. It served as official press of the when the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known Mononym, mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and former metalworker who has served as the 39th president of Brazil since 2023. A member of the Workers' Party (Brazil), Workers' Party, Lula was also the 35th president from 2003 to 2011. Born in Pernambuco, Lula quit school after second grade to work, and did not learn to read until he was ten years old. As a teenager, he worked as a metalworker and became a trade unionist. Between 1978 and 1980, he led the 1978–1980 ABC Paulista strikes, ABC workers' strikes during Brazil's military dictatorship in Brazil, military dictatorship, and in 1980, he helped start the Workers' Party during Redemocratization in Brazil, Brazil's redemocratization. Lula was one of the leaders of the 1984 Diretas Já, ''Diretas Já'' movement, which demanded direct elections. In 1986 Brazilian legislative election, 1986, he was elected a federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Montoro
André Franco Montoro (; 14 July 1916 – 16 July 1999) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was born in São Paulo as the son of André de Blois Montoro and Tomásia Alijostes. He was a senator and governor of São Paulo, winning against São Paulo mayor Reynaldo de Barros in the latter. He was a member of several parties, such as PDC, MDB, PMDB and one of the founders of PSDB. He was also a law philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ... and a professor at PUC-SP, who wrote several law books. Montoro is credited as being one of the key figures in the Diretas Já movement, along with Tancredo Neves and Ulysses Guimarães, which helped to bring about the return of direct elections to Brazil. The São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport is named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
