, 1944) is a Brazilian journalist

Journalist

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 and writer

Writer

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 resident in São Paulo

São Paulo

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, Brazil

Brazil

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. He came to Brazil while still an infant, and began his career in journalism not long thereafter. He is well known for his political opinion column in the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper

Newspaper

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, which is syndicated to many other newspapers, and for his most recent work, an authoritative historical account of the Brazilian military dictatorship in four volumes.

Works

• A Ditadura Envergonhada, Vol. 1
• A Ditadura Escancarada, Vol. 2
• A Ditadura Derrotada, Vol. 3
• A Ditadura Encurralada, Vol. 4

External links

• Elio Gaspari's columns archive. Almanaque.