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Incidents: prior restraint in Brazil

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1939BrazilRSF 2026 rank: 52nd of 180

Brazil's Vargas government creates a state messaging department with broad press powers

President Getúlio Vargas created the Department of Press and state messaging in 1939 during Brazil's Estado Novo dictatorship, giving the government direct control over what newspapers, radio and film could publish. The department operated…

Licensing and closure of outlets · Stage Silence · Head of government Getúlio Vargas · Reversed

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