Marielle Franco case
Former police officer Elcio Queiroz gave the name of someone allegedly responsible for hiring former military police officer Ronnie Lessa to murder councilwoman Marielle Franco (PSOL-RJ) and driver Anderson Gomes. The revelation was made in a statement given on June 14th. Queiroz signed a plea bargain agreement that motivated a new operation to investigate the Marielle case this Monday (24).
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According to the former police officer, the alleged perpetrator of the crime was the then military police officer Edimilson Oliveira da Silva, known as “Macalé”, murdered in November 2021. Queiroz says that he also participated in the personal monitoring of Marielle's steps, before of execution. According to the statement, Lessa, “'Macalé' and 'Suel' – former firefighter Maxwell Simões Correa, arrested this Monday (24) – were 'committed to the surveillance and monitoring of Marielle since the last months of 2017'.
In his statement, Queiroz also says that the weapon used to kill Marielle had been diverted from the Special Police Operations Battalion (Bope), called the “elite squad” of the Rio de Janeiro Military Police. (Estadão)(I.e.
Competitions
The Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services, Esther Dweck, wants to reinforce the round of public competitions in 2023. Three announcements have already been made, which added up to the opening of 8.200 vacancies. The minister wants to open up to 10 thousand more vacancies and tries to bring forward part of the 2024 schedule to this year. (FSP)(I.e.
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8 January 2023
The Attorney General's Office (PGR) changed the request for information about the followers of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) on social media.
Now, the body has asked the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for digital platforms to inform whether 244 people denounced for participation in the criminal acts of January 8 are followers of the former president or are no longer followers. (CNN Brazil)
Falling dollar
The dollar closed this Monday's session (24) falling, in a week of caution before the interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve (Fed, the North American central bank) and the release of the preview of official inflation in Brazil, scheduled for this Tuesday (25).
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At the end of the session, the US currency fell 1,00%, quoted at R$4,7326, the lowest level since May 2022. (g1)
Gender changes in Russia
Vladimir Putin has signed legislation banning people from officially or medically changing their gender, dealing yet another blow to Russia's LGBTQ+ community.
The law, passed unanimously by both houses of parliament, prohibits any “medical interventions intended to change a person's sex,” as well as a ban on changing a person's gender in official documents or public records. The only exception will be medical intervention to treat congenital anomalies. (The Guardian*)
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