Lasier Costa Martins (born 14 April 1942) is a Brazilian politician and journalist. He had represented
Rio Grande do Sul
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in the
Federal Senate
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from 2015 to 2023.
In 2006, a video was uploaded on YouTube of Martins receiving an
electric shock
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while examining grapes at the
Grape Festival in
Caxias do Sul
Caxias do Sul () is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, situated in the state's mountainous Serra Gaúcha region. It was established by Italian Brazilian, Italian immigrants on June 20, 1890. Today it is the second Largest cities in R ...
in 1996.
References
1942 births
Living people
People from Rio Grande do Sul
Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) politicians
Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011) politicians
Podemos (Brazil) politicians
Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
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