Niko Palhares
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Antônio Rios Palhares a.k.a Niko Palhares (born February 24, 1966) is a Brazilian former racing driver who gained notoriety in 2024 for being fired from his government job after spreading anti-democratic messages against the government in the "digital militias" scandal.
Background
[edit ]Racing career
[edit ]Palhares began in Formula Ford [1] and won the Formula Ford Festival in 1989. He moved to the British Formula Three Championship in 1990 competing in 6 races but not scoring.[2] He moved to Italian F3 the next year and finished 11th in points.[3] He was second in Italian F3 in 1992 with two race wins. In 1993 he competed in four Japanese F3 races and finished 12th in points. After taking 1994 off from high-level racing, he competed in the American Indy Lights series in 1995 for PacWest Racing for the first four races of the season with a best finish of 8th at Phoenix International Raceway and finishing 20th in points. That was the end of his professional racing career.[citation needed ]
Fake news controversy
[edit ]In 2020, Palhares began working for Brazil's Supreme Federal Court.[4] In 2024, Paulo Gonet fired Palhares for allegedly disseminating fake news and messages calling for a coup d'etat against the government.[5] [6] [7]
References
[edit ]- ^ Abril, Editora (1988年04月22日). Placar Magazine (in Portuguese). Editora Abril.
- ^ South. United Kingdom: South Publications Limited. 1990.
- ^ Braz, Gabriella (2024年01月10日). "Gonet demite assessor da PGR envolvido no inquérito das milícias digitais". Política (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024年11月04日.
- ^ "Gonet demite assessor da PGR que disseminou mensagens golpistas". Brasil 247 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024年01月10日. Retrieved 2024年11月04日.
- ^ "Quem é Niko Palhares, bolsonarista demitido da PGR por Gonet". ISTOÉ Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024年01月10日. Retrieved 2024年11月04日.
- ^ PODER360 (2024年01月10日). "PGR demite funcionário investigado por mensagens sobre golpe". Poder360 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024年11月04日.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Talento, Aguirre (August 23, 2023). "Aras tentou barrar inquérito após pedido de empresário, indicam mensagens". IOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved November 4, 2024.
External links
[edit ]- Niko Palhares career summary at DriverDB.com
- Niko Palhares Indy Lights stats at ChampCarStats.com
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| Preceded by | Formula Ford Festival Winner 1989 |
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