It appears, that the government of Brazil has no intentions to dignify the razz-matazz-show-biz self-promoters, by countering their massive campaign against virtually every national development project in Brazil.
Shapiro does not dignify the so-called authorship question by spending pages dismantling its points one by one--many others have already done that--but surprisingly he does treat many of its proponents with a certain degree of respect, putting their views in cultural contexts that explain, if hardly justify, why they've spent so much time, energy and resources on their claims.