Veja (ˈveʒɐ, English

English language

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: Look!) is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian weekly newsmagazine

Newsmagazine

A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...

 published in São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

 and distributed throughout the country by the media conglomerate Grupo Abril

Grupo Abril

Grupo Abril is the second largest Brazilian media conglomerate with its headquarter in São Paulo. The group is the holding company of Editora Abril, who publishes the weekly newsmagazine Veja....

. It is the leading weekly publication in the country, and one of the most influential outlets of the Brazilian press

Brazilian Press

Brazilian Press is a Brazilian, Portuguese language newspaper in the United States, with the largest circulation of any US Brazilian newspaper in 11 states. Their offices are at 78 Fillmore St, in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey...

. It is known in Brazil for its conservative political positions.

Veja publishes articles about politics, economics, culture, behavior, world events, entertainment and wars. It treats subjects as technology, ecology and religion with certain regularity. It has recurring sections on cinema, television, practical literature, music and guides on diverse subjects.

It was founded in September 11 1968, and was censored by the Brazilian military regime from 1969 to 1976.

Columnists in the magazine include Diogo Mainardi

Diogo Mainardi

Diogo Briso Mainardi is a Brazilian writer, journalist and TV commentator, mainly known for his articles in Brazil's largest weekly magazine, Veja....

, Reinaldo Azevedo

Reinaldo Azevedo

Reinaldo Azevedo is a conservative Brazilian journalist and columnist for Veja.-External links:* * * * · · * *...

, Stephen Kanitz

Stephen Kanitz

Stephen Charles Kanitz is a Brazilian economist, business consultant, lecturer, professor and writer.-Academic life:He holds a D.Sc...

, Lya Luft

Lya Luft

Lya Luft is a Brazilian writer, a novelist, a poet, a prolific translator of German descent. She was also a college professor of linguistics and literature. Luft currently writes an opinion column for Veja magazine...

 and Ivan Ângelo

Ivan Ângelo

Ivan Ângelo is a Brazilian writer who has worked as a novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. He won the Prêmio Jabuti for his books A festa and Amor? and has received awards from the Association of Art Critics of São Paulo for A face horrivel and Pode me beijar se quiser...

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Some of the published content can be seen on the magazine's website for free. Only subscribers have full access.

Vejas main competitors are Época

Época

Época is a Brazilian weekly news and analysis magazine. Since its inception in 1998, it has become one of the country's most widely read magazines...

, IstoÉ

Istoe

Revista ISTOÉ is a weekly news magazine in Portuguese published in Brazil, roughly the equivalent of the American magazines Time or Newsweek. It is considered one of the four main magazines being published in the country, along with Veja, Época and CartaCapital....

 and CartaCapital

CartaCapital

CartaCapital is a weekly Brazilian newsmagazine published in Santana do Parnaíba, São Paulo and João Pessoa, Paraíba and distributed throughout the country by Editora Confiança. The main focuses of the magazine are politics, economy, social issues and culture.-History:CartaCapital was created in...

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Renan Calheiros

On its May 25, 2007 issue Veja ran a story on the president of the Brazilian Senate, Renan Calheiros

Renan Calheiros

Renan Calheiros is a Brazilian politician and former President of the Senate of Brazil. He represents the state of Alagoas in the senate for the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party....

, accusing him of accepting funds from a lobbyist to pay for the child support of a daughter from a previous extramarital affair with journalist Monica Veloso. During a speech in his defense given from the Senate's floor, Calheiros accused Grupo Abril

Grupo Abril

Grupo Abril is the second largest Brazilian media conglomerate with its headquarter in São Paulo. The group is the holding company of Editora Abril, who publishes the weekly newsmagazine Veja....

, Veja's parent company, of having violated Brazilian corporate law in relation to its sale of 30% of the capital of its publishing arm to South-African media group Naspers

Naspers

Naspers is a South Africa-based multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media and print media Naspers is a South Africa-based multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media (including pay-television, internet and instant-messaging subscriber...

. Abril responded to Calheiros in a press release where they denied all charges.