O golpe ao presidente João Goulart sob a ótica do jornal A Razão

Abstract

This paper presents the study of A Razão, a Santa Maria newspaper, addressing the issues published from October 5th 1963 to April 7th 1964. The study aimed at identifying the newspaper perspective of one of the most critical moments in the Brazilian History: the last months of the government of João Goulart and his deposition by a civil-military coup d’état. The conspiracy, which was triggered by the President’s opponents, used the wide ability of the press to influence public opinion, skillfully exploiting the tension generated by the Cold War and producing situations that the Brazilian History has belied over time as a result of fertile researches into the 1960s: Brazil would not have been a stage for a communist revolution. A Razão provided its readers with news produced in the capitals of the Southeast of the country in a regular basis and reproduced the discourse of the conspirators, whose main goal was to weaken President Goulart by accusing him of both being a communist and plotting a coup d’état to perpetuate himself in power and turn Brazil into a satellite of the Soviet Union. The local newspaper followed the spelling book of large print media companies and conspiracy allies, including its owner, Diários Associados, which was the largest communication conglomerate at the time.