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Roberto Civita is chairman and CEO of The Abril Group one of Latin America’s largest and most influential communications companies. Based in Sao Paulo Abril publishes nearly 100 magazines including its flagship Veja launched by Civita in 1968 and now the world’s fourth largest news weekly. The publication well-known for exposing political corruption in Brazil has been instrumental during the past year in bringing about the resignation of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inner circle. At the recent Wharton Global Alumni Forum in Rio Civita spoke on ”The Role of the Press in an Emerging Economy.” In an interview last week with Knowledge at Wharton he talked about corruption in Brazil old media vs. new media the U.S.’s obsession with quarterly earnings the importance of education and the coming tide of investors among other topics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.