Hora do Povo, a remnant of the anti-dictatorship press, and news about 1964.

Abstract

This article investigates how and to what extent Hora do Povo, the only alternative press newspaper opposing the 1964–1985 dictatorship that is still in operation, addresses the 1964 coup in its issues coinciding with anniversaries of that episode. Based on the premise that, precisely due to its origins, Hora do Povo would offer prominent coverage, the initial analysis focused on issues from late March and early April of the current decade. Given the surprising absence of the topic, we extended the analysis to editions from 2018—the oldest ones whose PDF archives are available on the newspaper’s website. The methodology used was Bardin’s (2016) categorical content analysis, with theoretical grounding in studies by Peruzzo (1998, 2009, 2023), Melo (2011), Abramo (1997), and Kucinski (2003). As a result, a certain scarcity of coverage was noted: in 23 issues examined, 15 contained mentions, and only one included specific reports.