THE NEWSPAPER PUBLICADOR MARANHENSE AND THE SHAPING OF THE PARAGUAYAN WAR 1865-1868

• Autor(a) principal: ARAÚJO, JOHNY SANTANA DE
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Outros tempos
• Texto Completo: https://www.outrostempos.uema.br/index.php/outros_tempos_uema/article/view/858
• topic: Maranhão; Jornais; Guerra do Paraguai; Século XIX; Maranhão; Paraguayan War; Nineteenth Century; Maranhão; Guerra del Paraguay; Siglo Diecinueve

In 1865, when the Brazilian Empire had just finished its victorious intervention using its army and imperial squadron in Uruguay, the winds of war were already blowing on the horizon, and the Republic of Paraguay was putting its own war machine to march. Meanwhile, in the provinces of the Empire another war was beginning, and it would be as harsh as the one the country would fight in the battlefield. This was a war fought in the newsrooms of the newspapers, involving editors and journalists engaged with the intense propaganda focusing on the campaign that took place throughout the whole country for six long years. This essay analyzes the role of one of the most important newspapers of the province of Maranhão at the time, the periodical Publicador Maranhense. The newspaper’s allegiance with the government characterized it as one of the most active supporting pillars of the cause of the war; the position of its editor and its writers, as well as its news articles and the understanding of its language are the focus of this essay.