Concerning the process of de Oliveira “ financiarisation ” of politics, there is an interesting fact to take into account: country risk reached its lowest level, since the creation of the index in 1994, on Wednesday August 9th, precisely in the sequence of what Brazilian media called “the third wave of attacks” by a criminal group, the PCC (First Command of the Capital), which burned buses, destroyed banking agencies, placed bombs in public buildings (even the headquarters of the Sao Paulo’s Public Ministry of State and the police agency in charge of repressing organized crime).