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Amaury Ribeiro Jr.

Amaury Ribeiro Jr.

Brazilian journalist

Amaury Ribeiro Jr. is a Brazilian journalist, known for his works as an investigative journalist at newspapers and publications such as O Globo, IstoÉ, Correio Braziliense and Estado de Minas. He has won three Esso Journalism Awards[1][2][3] and four Vladimir Herzog Awards.[4] Today,[as of?] he is part of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)[5] and executive producer of journalism at TV Record.

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In 2007, when working at Correio Braziliense, he was investigating homicides linked to the drug trafficking surrounding the Federal District, and was shot as an attempted murder.[6][7][8][9] The suspected shooter was the nephew of Cidade Ocidental mayor Sonia Melo (PSDB) and Amaury had to stay under police care until he was transferred to the newspaper Estado de Minas, owned by the same group of Correio. He then focused on political subjects, specializing in money laundering.[10]

He gained notoriety on 2011 after publishing the book A Privataria Tucana, in which he reveals documents about supposed irregularities in privatizations that allegedly occurred during the administration of the PSDB, the former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso and that friends and relatives of the PSDB's ex-presidential candidate José Serra, would have held companies in tax shelters and moved millions of dollars between 1993 and 2003.[11]

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    "1996 Prêmio Principal". Prêmio Esso. Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
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    "1997 Prêmio Principal". Prêmio Esso. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
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    "1999 Prêmio Principal". Prêmio Esso. Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
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    "A guerrilha do Araguaia", Prêmio Vladimir Herzog, 2009-06-23, archived from the original (ZIP) on 2010-11-11, retrieved 2012-05-27.
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    "ICIJ Journalists: Amaury Ribeiro, Jr". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Archived from the original on 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
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    Baccarin, Mariana (2007-09-20). "Amaury Ribeiro Júnior é baleado durante investigação, no entorno de Brasília" [Amaury Ribeiro Júnior is shot during investigation, on the outskirts of Brasília] (in Portuguese). Abraji. Archived from the original on 2010-10-10.
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    Greenslade, Roy (2007-07-22), "Brazilian crime reporter shot", The Guardian.
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    Freedom of the Press 2008: Draft Country Reports (PDF), Freedom House, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-06.
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    "Attacks on the press 2007: Brazil". Committee to Protect Journalists. February 5, 2008.
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    Ribeiro, Amaury Jr. (2011). A Privataria Tucana. pp. 19–20..
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    Mazotte, Natalia (2012-01-02). "Brazilian political party threatens to sue journalist over book". Knight Center, University of Texas. Archived from the original on 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2012-05-27.


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