Indonesian company Paper Excellence uses Bolsonaro's disinformation network to attack Lula, Zanin, and a Brazilian-owned company.

247 - The Sino-Indonesian group Paper Excellence, which has been trying to take control of the Eldorado Papel e Celulose company from the Brazilian-owned J&F in a corporate dispute valued at R$ 15 billion, has resorted to using media outlets and websites associated with the far-right to deliver below-the-belt blows. An example occurred this Monday, when the website Diário do Poder, run by journalist Claudio Humberto, accused J&F of hiring lawyer Cristiano Zanin Martins to... to seek a "rapprochement" with Lula's government.

In addition to being offensive to lawyer Zanin Martins, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the legal profession itself, this is false information, since Zanin's hiring predates President Lula's election and his actions have always been within the ethical parameters of the profession. But what is also striking in this case is the fact that several media figures associated with Bolsonaro and disinformation—phenomena that go hand in hand—are acting in favor of Paper Excellence's interests. 

Besides Claudio Humberto, other names that have also been involved in this dispute are journalist Augusto Nunes, recently fired from Jovem Pan, the website Jornal da Cidade Online, and digital influencer Luiz Galeazzo. 

Augusto Nunes, who had built a respectable career in professional journalism before joining the Bolsonaro extremist movement, slapped American journalist Glenn Greenwald twice in the face after the journalist was denouncing abuses against President Lula. Following the incident, federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro defended Nunes, but the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism and all entities linked to journalism condemned the aggression. He was fired from Rádio Jovem Pan on October 31, 2022, one day after President Lula's victory for a new term in the Presidency of the Republic. Today he is a member of the Editorial Board and a columnist for Revista Oeste, a publication that has already been punished by YouTube, which prohibited the channel from broadcasting the program "Oeste Sem Filtro" for presenting "harmful content." In this dispute, Nunes has used both your personal profile , the the one from Oeste magazine to attack the nationally owned company and defend the interests of the Sino-Indonesian group that has close ties not only with Bolsonaro's supporters, but also with Michel Temer, the coup leader who became a consultant for the company.

Another member of Bolsonaro's communication system who has been active in this dispute is the digital influencer Luiz Galeazzo, who calls himself "the sexiest man in the world, according to Cães e Companhia magazine." Owner of profiles known for their attacks on the Lula government and the president himself, he also... He uses his networks to defend the interests of Paper Excellence..

Between 2021 and 2022, Galeazzo held the position of Advisor for Parliamentary Relations and Public Policy in the office of City Councilor Paulo Eduardo Lopes, known as Paulo Chuchu, who supports former president Jair Bolsonaro. Galeazzo, who was once considered for the position at the Secretariat of Social Communication (Secom), also became notorious for publishing misogynistic content and for having... exposed women with whom he allegedly had relationships..

If that weren't enough, Jornal da Cidade Online, which was directly associated with the dissemination of denialist content during the Covid-19 pandemic by the National Congress's own CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry), has also begun to defend the interests of Paper Excellence. Not coincidentally, the publication also published today... same attack launched by Claudio Humberto against lawyer Zanin, President Lula, and the legal profession itself. 

This demonstrates that Paper Excellence's attempt to take control of a large national company is directly associated with the far-right, Bolsonaro's supporters, and the recurring use of disinformation.