Claim

Claim 852

The embassy reported that control over the press would be maintained through the threat of renewed restrictions and economic measures, since most Brazilian newspapers were in debt to the government, which held a monopoly on newsprint.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: The embassy reported that control over the press would be maintained through the threat of renewed restrictions and economic measures, since most Brazilian newspapers were in debt to the government, which held a monopoly on newsprint.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Leverage over newspapers through newsprint
About: incident 1968-brazil-institutional-act-five-press-controls
Source: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume XXXI, Document 240
Publisher: Office of the Historian, United States Department of State
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1968-12-20

Quotation from the source

by threats of renewed censorship and economic measures (most newspapers are in debt to GOB which has newsprint monopoly).