Cláudia Cruz
Cláudia Cruz | |
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.jpg) Eduardo Cunha and Cláudia Cruz (right) | |
| Born | Cláudia Cordeiro Cruz June 19, 1967 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | |
Cláudia Cordeiro Cruz (born 19 June 1967 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian journalist. She was an anchor on Fantástico, Jornal Hoje and RJTV. Claudia is married to politician Eduardo Cunha, former president of the Chamber of Deputies (away by order of the Supreme Court)[needs update], with whom she has a daughter and three stepsons. Claudia has provided services to various companies and was an associate of Cunha in some companies, including Jesus.com and C3 productions.[1]
On June 9, 2016, Claudia Cruz was a defendant in the process of Operation Carwash corruption case, along with her husband. Judge Sergio Moro accepted the allegations of the Federal Prosecutor who says she was aware of the crimes practiced and is the only parent of the account in the name of offshore Köpek, Switzerland, through which paid credit card spending abroad in an amount exceeding US$1 million within seven years between 2008 and 2014.[2][3]
In 2024, she opened a shop in Rio, selling orchids.[4]
Career
[edit]Discharged from the TV Educativa of Rio de Janeiro, Cruz worked at TV Globo from the end of 1989-2001 presenting the news program Bom Dia Rio between 1989 and 1991, Jornal Hoje from 1991 to 1999[4] and fixed that same news program from 1992 and 1994 RJTV 1st edition between 1989 and 2001 and RJTV 2nd edition between 1999 and 2001. Claudia also presented the programs Globo Ciência, Globo Comunidade, Jornal da Globo and Fantástico.
After 2001, she left TV Globo and became anchor for TV Record's second edition of the Jornal da Record, a direct competitor of the Jornal da Globo, which was anchored by Ana Paula Padrão. Cruz was later replaced by Paulo Henrique Amorim. Claudia left the station after receiving an invitation to present the paper Tell River (now defunct). Currently dedicated to plastic arts.
Cruz, besides being a TV presenter, was the voice of TELERJ telephone company, where she met her current husband, and participated in a not credited bit in the film Meu Nome Não é Johnny in a scene that shows the RJTV.
Personal life
[edit]Claudia is married to politician Eduardo Cunha.[4][5] She has a daughter from a previous relationship with Carlos Amorim, and a daughter with Cunha. She is also stepmother of the three children from his previous marriage.[6]
Cunha was removed from parliament in 2016.[7][8][9] He was arrested and found guilty of corruption in 2017 and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.[10][11]
Filmography
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Programs
[edit]- 1996 - 1997: Fantástico
- 1987 - 1989: Sem Censura
Newscasts
[edit]- 1989-1992: Bom Dia Rio
- 1993-1996 1997-2001: RJTV
- 1992-1993: Jornal Hoje
- 2001: Jornal da Record 2ª Edição
References
[edit]- ^ "A "dona de casa" Cláudia Cordeiro Cruz, mulher de Eduardo Cunha". El País (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ^ "Moro aceita denúncia e mulher de Eduardo Cunha vira ré na Operação Lava Jato - Política - iG". Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ^ "Moro aceita denúncia contra mulher de Cunha e mais três na Lava Jato" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ^ a b c "Former anchor of Jornal Hoje, Claudia Cruz now sells orchids". Folha de S.Paulo. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ "Eduardo Cunha: The rise and fall of a controversial Brazilian politician". Students and Parents. 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ "A "dona de casa" Cláudia Cordeiro Cruz, mulher de Eduardo Cunha". El País (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
- ^ Falcão, Márcio (5 May 2016). "Teori afasta Eduardo Cunha do mandato na Câmara". Folha de S.Paulo. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ Watts, Jonathan (5 May 2016). "Speaker of Brazil's lower house Eduardo Cunha suspended". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ De Carvalho, Jailton; Bresciani, Eduardo (23 October 2016). "Cunha explicou suposta venda de casa para traficante". O Globo. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Lava Jato: Eduardo Cunha pega 15 anos de prisão". R7.com. Grupo Record. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Claire Felter; Rocio Cara Labrador (7 November 2018). "Brazil's Corruption Fallout". Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2019.