O Liberal
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Grupo Liberal |
| Founder | Magalhães Barata |
| Editor | Felipe Jorge Melo |
| Founded | 15 November 1946 |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Headquarters | Belém, Pará, Brazil |
| Country | Brazil |
| Website | www |
O Liberal is a Brazilian daily newspaper that has been circulating in Belém and most of the state of Pará since 1946.[1] When it was acquired by Romulo Maiorana in 1966, it became part of the Grupo Liberal, along with the newspaper Amazônia, Rede Liberal and Rádio Liberal. O Liberal is considered a newspaper of record in the North of Brazil.[2]
History
[edit]Following World War II, political tensions in Pará escalated as Folha do Norte, an influential Belém-based newspaper, waged a fierce editorial campaign against Magalhães Barata, then the state's dominant political figure and two-time federal interventor. In response, Barata's allies — including key government officials and business leaders — founded O Liberal in 1945 as both a counterweight to Folha and the official platform of Barata's Social Democratic Party (PSD).[3] Financed through a collective shareholding model, the newspaper quickly became instrumental in shaping pro-Barata narratives, with ownership later consolidated under him to ensure ideological cohesion during a turbulent political era marked by the aftermath of Getúlio Vargas' ouster.[3] In 1966, businessman Romulo Maiorana and his wife, Déa Maiorana, bought the newspaper.[3]
In 2013, it began distributing a weekly New York Times supplement.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "O Liberal: Jornal da Amazônia – Obras Raras Acervo Digital" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ↑ "O Liberal". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- 1 2 3 Pinto, Lúcio Flávio (2018-12-01). "A história de O Liberal". Lúcio Flávio Pinto (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ↑ "Jornal O Liberal, do Pará, veiculará caderno com notícias traduzidas do The New York Times todas as terças-feiras". www.anj.org.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
