I never thought I would see the day when O Globo would tell the story of the marriage of organized crime and the dictatorship, so mutually advantageous and still in force today, if you learn to read behind the headlines.

Especially disturbing is the nexus between the racketeers and Carnaval.

If a Carnaval society is funded by a racketeer, as many have been and continue to be, and if the league of Carnaval societies is sponsored by Globo, with which it has an exclusive contract for the broadcast of the event, what hypothesis can we form about Globo — which after all hosts the LIESA Web site?

Perhaps Brazil needs a better RICO statute.

Former miltary torturer, numbers racketeer and LIESA president “Captain” Guimarães (left) with Rio mayor Cesar Maia (second from left): Fat Tuesday and the Rede Globo meet the hog heaven of the hard men.

Source:  Jornal…