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Wednesday 13 september 2017
Sao Paulo mayor tests presidential waters amid anger Brazil’s court
authorizes a

By STAN LEHMAN reforms, as well as interna- Congress. The family went hosted the Brazilian version new probe
PETER PRENGAMAN tional topics, denouncing to Paris in exile when his fa- of “The Apprentice” reality of president
Associated Press Venezuela’s socialist gov- ther clashed with the dic- show, though Doria prefers
SAO PAULO (AP) — Just ernment and occasionally tators after the military took to compare himself with By MAURICIO SAVARESE
eight months into his job showing off the French he power in 1964. another U.S. businessman Associated Press
as Sao Paulo mayor, Joao SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s
Doria appears to be posi- top court authorized a new
tioning himself as a presi- corruption and money
dential hopeful who can laundering investigation of
save Brazil from a seem- President Michel Temer on
ingly bottomless pit of graft Tuesday, yet another case
scandals, even while insist- that raises the possibility of
ing he isn’t running. his suspension from office.
Telegenic and media sav- Supreme Court Justice
vy thanks to years of work- Luis Roberto Barroso ruled
ing in television studios, there is sufficient evidence
the millionaire communi- to investigate whether Te-
cations mogul has some- mer signed a decree in
thing the majority of Bra- May 2017 to favor a com-
zilian presidential hopefuls pany operating in the port
don’t: a name unsullied by of Santos in exchange for
allegations of corruption at bribes.
a time when much of Bra- Barroso also authorized an
zil’s congress is believed to investigation of Rodrigo
be under criminal investi- Rocha Loures, a former Te-
gation. mer aide accused of carry-
That image helped him ing bribe money for Brazil’s
shock the political estab- leader in a separate case.
lishment last year with a learned as a child while liv- His father stayed away for turned politician: former Temer’s lawyers could not
landslide mayoral victory ing a few years in Paris. a decade, but Doria re- New York Mayor Michael be located for comment
in Sao Paulo. It was the first “Doria is clearly trying to turned to Brazil after a few Bloomberg. on the decision, but the
time in decades a mayoral show and construct an im- years with his mother and He plays to that business- president has strenuously
candidate in the country’s age that goes beyond just younger brother, going minded image, boasting denied any wrongdoing
largest city had won in the the mayor of Sao Paulo,” to school and helping his of working weekends in a in the cases raised against
first round, automatically said Mauricio Santoro, a mother run a diaper facto- country where politicians him.
vaulting him into consider- political scientist at the ry. He has described those are notorious for putting in Brazil’s top prosecutor,
ation for the October 2018 state University of Rio de years as “filled with difficul- three-day work weeks. His Rodrigo Janot, whose at-
presidential election. Janeiro. ties,” saying the “maximum social media videos show tempt earlier this year to
Since taking office Jan. 1, “As a candidate, however, luxury” was having Jello on him hobnobbing with ev- put Temer on trial for a
Doria’s routine denials of he’ll run into many prob- the weekends. eryone from street clean- corruption charge was
interest in the presidency lems.” After graduating with a de- ers to power brokers. rejected by Congress’
have done little to quell A July poll by the respect- gree in communications, The biggest challenge to lower house, will lead the
speculation. ed Datafolha institute said Doria built a successful ca- a presidential run is that new investigation until his
The 59-year-old mayor has Doria was favored by 10 reer in marketing and con- the white knight probably term ends Sunday. Raquel
led splashy efforts to stamp percent of potential vot- sulting, publishing maga- would have to embrace Dodge, an appointee of
out the city’s drug-infest- ers next year, putting him zines such as “Caviar” and some of the swamp- the president, will take over
ed “crackland,” clean up in fourth place, ahead of “Women Leaders” and es- stained parties that domi- as chief prosecutor Mon-
graffiti and sell off dozens far more established can- tablishing himself as a mo- nate the country’s politics: day.
of public properties, in- didates. tivational guru with books Mounting a viable nation- There is no deadline for
cluding a public cemetery. Doria was born into Sao such as “Success With Style wide candidacy requires the top prosecutor to de-
He has also been speaking Paulo’s social elite, and and Lessons to Win.” the money and organi- cide on the case.If Temer
about national issues, such his father, a political con- In another parallel with zational muscle of major should be formally ac-
as pension and labor law sultant, briefly served in Donald Trump, he briefly parties.q cused by Janot or Dodge,
Argentina delivers WWII-era documents to Israel Congress would have to
vote again on whether the
president should be put on
trial. If two-thirds of depu-
By LUIS HENAO 140,000 secret files and containing five hard drives. scheduled to visit Colom- ties agreed, Temer would
Associated Press photographs from 1939- Argentina remained neu- bia and Mexico before go- be suspended for up to six
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina 1950. They include letters, tral during the war but later ing to New York, where he months and the leader of
(AP) — Argentina on Tues- telegrams and reports became a refuge for flee- will address the U.N. Gen- the Chamber of Deputies
day gave Israel thousands that were digitized by Ar- ing Nazi criminals, including eral Assembly on Sept. 26. would fill the presidency
of World War II era docu- gentina and the U.S. Holo- some of the most notorious. “It’s incredible that in 70 until the end of the trial.
ments during a visit by caust Memorial Museum Today, it has Latin Ameri- years of Israel, no prime Barroso said in his deci-
Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- in Washington.“We have ca’s largest Jewish com- minister visited any country sion that the authorization
tanyahu that he says marks delivered these digitalized munity and of the world’s in the Western Hemisphere for investigation did not
“a new dawn” in his coun- historical documents about biggest. south than the United mean Temer was guilty,
try’s relationship with Latin the Holocaust so that the Netanyahu arrived Mon- States,” Netanyahu said. but the justice called evi-
America. state of Israel can make day in Buenos Aires for the “We are beginning here dence against the presi-
The digital documents de- sure that they are investi- first visit by an Israeli leader the dawn of a new era and dent “plausible” and the
livered by President Mau- gated,” Macri told Netan- to the region since Israel’s not accidentally we begin request to investigate him
ricio Macri include nearly yahu after giving him a box creation in 1948. He is also it here in Argentina.” q “reasonable.” q