The political column by Adalgisa Nery in the newspaper Última Hora and the pre-1964 crisis in Brazil.

Abstract

Between the end of Vargas’ Era and the civil-military coup of April 1964, the writer Adalgisa Nery published a daily political column in the newspaper Última Hora. With her work in the journalism Adalgisa was elected deputy of Guanabara, a new State created after the change of Brazilian’s federal capital to Brasília, in 1960. Adalgisa Nery was heir to the Vargas political tradition and had a very special style, using metaphors, irony and a certain amount of aggressiveness, sustaining a strongly nationalist position. The purpose of this article is to discuss the political polarization reflected in the Brazilian press on the eve of the military coup of 1964 by analyzing the articles in the column named Retrato sem retoque by Adalgisa Nery.

Keywords

• Imprensa. Jornalismo. Golpe civil militar. Nacionalismo. Guerra Fria.