Caio Blinder
{{Short description|Brazilian journalist, writer and TV presenter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}}
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| birth_name = Caio Kraiser Blinder
| birth_date = {{start date and age|1957|08|14}}
| birth_place = São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| education = University of Notre Dame
Ohio University
| occupation = Journalist and writer
| years active = 1976–present
| website = {{URL|caioblinder.com/|}}
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Caio Kraiser Blinder (São Paulo, August 14, 1957) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and TV presenter. Blinder lives in New Jersey, where he has hosted GNT's Manhattan Connection since its inception in 1993.{{cite news|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/revistadatv/mat/2007/06/27/296538260.asp|title=Caio Blinder diz que Diogo Mainardi é a 'estrela' do 'Manhattan Connection'|author=Elizabete Antunes|date=April 16, 2011|newspaper=O Globo|accessdate=April 28, 2011}} He is also a correspondent for Brazilian radio Jovem Pan, writes for the newspaper Diário de Notícias and for the Brazilian magazines Exame and {{ill|Primeira Leitura|pt|Primeira Leitura (revista)}}. He has master's degrees in Latin American studies from Ohio University and International Relations from the University of Notre Dame. He taught International Relations at Indiana University and was a correspondent for the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.{{cite web |url=http://gnt.globo.com/manhattanconnection/sobre/Caio-Blinder.shtml |title=Caio Blinder |publisher=GNT |accessdate=January 21, 2012 |language=Portuguese}} Blinder comes from a Jewish family and lives with his two daughters and his wife Alma, of Philippine origins. In his youth, he took part in the Jewish youth movement {{ill|Chazit Hanoar|pt}}, connected to the Congregação Israelita Paulista.{{cite book |first=Caio |last=Blinder |title=Terras Prometidas: do Bom Retiro a Manhattan |publisher=Garamond |year=2003 |isbn=85-86435-96-1 |language=Portuguese}}
He wrote the book Terras Prometidas (Promised Lands), in which he reflects on various themes and their relation to Jews and the Jewish religion.{{cite web |url=http://www.livrariacultura.com.br/scripts/resenha/resenha.asp?isbn=8586435961 |title=Terras Prometidas |publisher=Livraria Cultura |accessdate=January 21, 2012 |language=Portuguese |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101020411/http://www.livrariacultura.com.br/scripts/resenha/resenha.asp?isbn=8586435961 |archive-date=January 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Criticism
= Offenses to Arab women =
In April 2011, during a broadcast of the show Manhattan Connection, he called Queen Noor of Jordan, widow of King Hussein, and Queen Rania, wife of Abdullah II, "sluts" (piranha).[http://noticias.r7.com/internacional/noticias/jornalista-da-globo-ofende-rainha-e-causa-saia-justa-diplomatica-20110417.html Jornalista da Globo ofende a rainha da Jordânia e causa saia justa diplomática] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222134348/http://noticias.r7.com/internacional/noticias/jornalista-da-globo-ofende-rainha-e-causa-saia-justa-diplomatica-20110417.html|date=December 22, 2015}} R7, Domingo Espetacular. He also used the word to describe one of the daughters-in-law of Hosni Mubarak, former President of Egypt, as well as Asma al-Assad, wife of President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, and Ameera al-Taweel, ex-wife of Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia. As a response, the Embassy of Jordan in Brazil sent a formal protest to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations.{{cite web|url=http://noticias.r7.com/internacional/noticias/-rainha-rania-esta-acima-desta-baixaria-diz-embaixador-da-jordania-no-brasil-20110416.html|title="Rainha Rania está acima desta baixaria",diz embaixador da Jordânia no Brasil|author=Christina Lemos|date=April 16, 2011|publisher=R7|accessdate=April 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419203335/http://noticias.r7.com/internacional/noticias/-rainha-rania-esta-acima-desta-baixaria-diz-embaixador-da-jordania-no-brasil-20110416.html|archive-date=April 19, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} After Blinder's presentation, show editor-in-chief Lucas Mendes apologized for the offenses. Blinder later assumed responsibility for his words in the interview and apologized on air.{{cite web|url=http://portalimprensa.uol.com.br/portal/ultimas_noticias/2011/04/14/imprensa41430.shtml|title=Caio Blinder chama rainha da Jordânia de "piranha" e gera crise diplomática ao Brasil|author=Eduardo Neco|date=April 14, 2011|publisher=Portal Imprensa|accessdate=April 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226013006/http://portalimprensa.uol.com.br/portal/ultimas_noticias/2011/04/14/imprensa41430.shtml|archive-date=February 26, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
= Defense of the assassination of Iranian scientists =
In January 2012, on the Manhattan Connection program, Blinder justified the assassination of Iranian scientists for MEK and Jundallah as a way to avoid possible death, and to deter other scientists from working for Iran, which he called a "terrorist state".{{cite web |url=http://www.cartamaior.com.br/templates/materiaMostrar.cfm?materia_id=19428 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722034835/http://www.cartamaior.com.br/templates/materiaMostrar.cfm?materia_id=19428 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |title=Assassinato seletivo: isso serve para provocar a guerra |author=Reginaldo Nasser |publisher=carta maior |date=January 23, 2012 |language=pt }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://gnt.globo.com/manhattanconnection/QuemFaz/Caio-Blinder.shtml Caio Blinder] at GNT official website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130402165835/http://veja.abril.com.br/blog/nova-york/ Official Website]
- {{cite book|author=Caio Blinder|title=Terras prometidas: do Bom Retiro a Manhattan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1KD-6SVm6AC&pg=PP4|language=Portuguese|edition=1|location=São Paulo|year=2003|publisher=Editora Garamond|isbn=978-85-86435-96-6}}
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Category:Writers from São Paulo
Category:Journalists from São Paulo
Category:Brazilian journalists
Category:Brazilian television presenters
Category:Brazilian expatriates in the United States
Category:Jewish Brazilian writers
Category:Ohio University alumni
Category:Indiana University faculty