Jornal Pequeno

Jornal Pequeno is a Brazilian newspaper. It is published in the Brazilian state of Maranhão and is one of the most read printed newspapers in the state.[1][2] "Jornal Pequeno" means "small newspaper" in Portuguese.

Jose Sarney and Jornal Pequeno

The newspaper is known in Maranhão for its conflicted relationship with the former Brazilian president Jose Sarney, in which the newspaper moved from being his supporter in 1965[3] to being such a fierce opposition to Sarney[4] that its founder was called a blackmailer by the former president himself.[3]

Sarney was also a plaintiff against Jornal Pequeno at the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice in a case of defamation, a charge that was upheld by the court in 2017, which ordered Jornal Pequeno to pay Sarney the sum of forty thousand Brazilian Reais.[5]

Despite the acrimonious history between the two, in 2022 Sarney published a friendly article on the online edition of Jornal Pequeno discussing about his personal preference for printed newspapers instead of online media vehicles as sources of journalistic information[6]

References

  1. ^ "Jornais impressos do Maranhão fazem manchetes iguais para mandar recado à população - Imirante.com". Imirante (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  2. ^ "Jornal Pequeno". Chamber of Deputies (Brazil). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  3. ^ a b Tambor, Agência (2022-07-17). "Sarney chama fundador do Jornal Pequeno de chantagista". Agência Tambor (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  4. ^ "Election and Censorship Dialectics in the Brazilian Blogosphere". Global Voices. 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  5. ^ "Jornal maranhense deve indenizar Sarney em R$ 40 mil por danos morais". Migalhas (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  6. ^ Sarney, Jose (2022-07-24). "De volta ao papel". Jornal Pequeno (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  • Official website (in Portuguese)