Amaury Ribeiro Jr. is a Brazilian journalist, known for his works as an

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at newspapers and publications such as ''

O Globo ''O Globo'' (, ''The Globe'') is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Globo'' is the most prominent print publication in the Grupo Globo media conglomerate. Founded by journalist Irineu Marinho, owner of ''A Noite'', it was orig ...

'', '' IstoÉ'', ''

Correio Braziliense The ''Correio Braziliense'' (meaning ''Brazilian Mail'' in English) is a daily newspaper in Brazil. The paper was first published on 21 April 1960. Its founder is Assis Chateaubriand. The paper has its headquarters in Brasília. The name came f ...

'' and ''

Estado de Minas ''Estado de Minas'' (abbreviated ''EM'') is a Brazilian newspaper published in the capital of Minas Gerais state, Belo Horizonte. Its foundation dates as late as 1928, and one year later it was bought by Assis Chateaubriand's Diários Associados ...

''. He has won three

Esso Journalism Award ''ExxonMobil Journalism Award'' (''Prêmio ExxonMobil de Jornalismo''), previously known as Esso Journalism Award (''Prêmio Esso de Jornalismo''), formerly known as Esso Reportage Award (''Prêmio Esso de Reportagem''), is an annual Brazilian j ...

s and four Vladimir Herzog Awards. Today, he is part of the

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Inc. (ICIJ), is an independent global network of 280 investigative journalists and over 140 media organizations spanning more than 100 countries. It is based in Washington, D.C. with ...

(ICIJ) and executive producer of journalism at

TV Record RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adverti ...

. In 2007, when working at ''Correio Braziliense'', he was investigating homicides linked to the drug trafficking surrounding the

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, and was shot at an

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. The suspected shooter was the nephew of

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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

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. He gained notoriety on 2011 after publishing the book ''

A Privataria Tucana ''A Privataria Tucana'' is a book written by journalist Amaury Ribeiro Jr., a former special reporter of weekly magazine '' ISTOÉ'' and daily newspaper ''O Globo'' who has won several Esso Journalism Awards. The Portuguese title comes from ''pri ...

'', in which he reveals documents about supposed irregularities in privatizations that allegedly occurred during the administration of the

PSDB The Brazilian Social Democracy Party ( pt, Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, PSDB), also known as the Brazilian Social Democratic Party or the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy,. is a political party in Brazil. As the third largest pa ...

, the former president

Fernando Henrique Cardoso Fernando Henrique Cardoso (; born 18 June 1931), also known by his initials FHC (), is a Brazilian sociologist, professor and politician who served as the 34th president of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2002. He was the first Braz ...

and that friends and relatives of the PSDB's ex-presidential candidate

José Serra José Serra Chirico (; born 19 March 1942) is a Brazilian politician who has served as a Congressman, Senator, Minister of Planning, Minister of Health, Mayor of São Paulo, Governor of São Paulo state, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bra ...

, would have held companies in tax shelters and moved millions of dollars between 1993 and 2003.''Brazilian political party threatens to sue journalist over book''
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Bibliography

*2011: ''

'', Geração Editorial.

References

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