O Espetáculo político : Fernando Collor de Melo e a revista Veja em 1989

Abstract

This study aims to study an event that marked the History of Brazil in the late 1980s: the campaign to elect the president of the Republic of Brazil after long 25 years of indirect presidential elections. Our goal is to analyze the involvement of Veja magazine in the presidential campaign of Fernando Collor de Mello, in 1989, considering the interests of this magazine and the interests of the candidate Collor. Therefore, we aim to understand the relation between the national press and Fernando Collor de Mello’s electoral campaign for the presidency. In order to apprehend this conflicting relation is to understand that the press plays an important role in forwarding many events and is subjected to serve the interests of dominant groups in society. Thus, the question we have presented expects to inquire and investigate the connection between the press and certain political projects of Brazilian society segments.