POLITICAL AND IMMIGRANTS: the first years of Press in Vilhena-Rondônia (1975-1995)

Abstract

This article addresses the first two decades of the press in the city of Vilhena, Rondônia, between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s. This period coincides with the formation of the city during the period of intense immigration to the Northern Region of Brazil, in the context of the occupation policy promoted by the military governments. It is these immigrants who are going to install the first newspapers, initially motivated by the interest in presenting communication vehicles to the nascent society. After this brief first period, the newspapers become the support of different political projects, almost always conflicting, which motivates the appearance of different publications. It is in this context, that we try to rescue in the article, that newspapers circulate during the period covered. For this we rely mainly on oral sources and present
reproductions of some of the publications cited.