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The "Partido Novo" candidate for the presidency, João Amoêdo, declared to have a net worth of BRL 425 million (equivalent to USD 100 million) when he applied for registration of his candidacy in the Electoral Justice. Most of the candidate's assets are distributed among fixed income applications (BRL 217 million), participation in companies (BRL 108.4 million), investment in funds (BRL 55.3 million). The rest includes real estate and vehicles, as well as BRL 1.1 million in the category for jewelry and works of art. In theory, Amoêdo's assets would allow him to fully bank his own campaign, since the spending limit laid down in law for the first round of the presidential campaign is BRL 70 million per candidate. At age 55, Amoedo fights for his first election and is the first "Partido Novo" presidential candidate. An engineer born in Rio de Janeiro, he has worked as a financial market executive (Citibank and Itaú) and in civil construction.

A family was chased and beaten by taxi drivers on the night of May 31 in Brasilia, after being mistaken for Uber drivers. The episode occurred when four brothers landed in the Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport and followed by car to Ceilândia, a nearby city. The Civil Police investigates the case. According to one of the victims, a taxi driver closed his car and after the collision, pretended he would "solve" the situation. The family was surrounded and attacked, despite the protests that were not Uber drivers. "When we pulled up, more than 50 taxi drivers have arrived at the car, breaking the car glass, knocking on people, and shouting, 'Kill that is Uber, death to the Uber', then I talked about: 'We are a family, we are coming trip, don't, don't', said one of the victims. Sticker says "I'm not a Uber driver" The case was registered at the 10th Police Station and one of the attackers recognized by ph...