Reinaldo Azevedo | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Reinaldo Azevedo in 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Reinaldo Azevedo e Silva August 19, 1961 Dois Córregos, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Methodist University of São Paulo |
| Profession | Journalist, writer, radio host |
| Website | Reinaldo Azevedo's Blog |
José Reinaldo Azevedo e Silva (Dois Córregos, August 19, 1961) is a Brazilian journalist. Currently, Reinaldo is a columnist in Folha de S.Paulo newspaper and acts as a commentator on RedeTV! News, of RedeTV! channel, in addition to presenting the program "Pela Ordem" on the platforms of the station. Azevedo's blog was listed in 2014 as one of the top ten political blogs in Brazil.
For 12 years his blog was hosted on the site of Veja, however, on May 23, 2017, he moved his blog to RedeTV! Portal. On the same date, he resigned from the Jovem Pan radio, where he anchored the evening program "Os Pingos nos Is"; and the next day, the journalist made his debut as an anchor in the program "Pela Ordem" on RedeTV! channel, from which he was later fired. That same week, he also signed a contract with Radio BandNews FM, whose new program "O É da Coisa" debuted at 6 pm on May 29, 2017.
Reinaldo Azevedo has positioned himself as a moderate conservative commentator on the right of the political spectrum of Brazilian politics, with economically liberal, even libertarian stances.[citation needed] He is a critic of authoritarianism, and the lack of rule of law, since former far-right Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, started to attack Brazilian institutions such as the Supreme Court. Due to this, Reinaldo Azevedo, previously a harsh critic of the Workers Party (PT) and the current president, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, sided with Lula on the runoffs of the 2022 Brazilian election against Bolsonaro and the far-right.
The journalist criticizes the Operation Car Wash (Portuguese: Operação Lava Jato), because the excesses of the prosecutors of the task force disregard the laws and threaten the rule of law.[1]
