The captain grips and grins the Mayor of Rio, Cesar Maia, in a roda de samba 







Source: O Globo.

O  Globo and the news portal  UOL — with its filial ties to the Folha de S. Paulo — have been anointed sole keepers of the flame in the Swiss Leaks case as it pertains to Brazil.

The first, brief installment published today focuses on two dramatic and notorious figures: the numbers racketeer — bicheiro — “Capital Guimarães” — a fixture on the Rio Carnaval circuit in the role of Maecenas — and the henchman of a top Colombian drug smuggler found living in Alphaville, extorted constantly by the narco cops of DENARC.

The story on Guimarães is a fascinating one, on which I have taken some notes in the past. Consider

• The Animal Game | From Torturer to Maecenas
• Bicho + Globo + LIESA = RICO?
• «How the numbers…