Prudente de Moraes Neto

Prudente de Morais Neto or Prudente de Moraes Neto (1904–1977), writing under the pseudonym Pedro Dantas was a Brazilian lawyer and journalist.

He was editor of the Diário Carioca.[1] He was severely critical of left-leaning president João Goulart who was deposed by the 1964 Brazilian military coup, though after the coup protected leftist journalists among his friends.[2]

References

  1. ↑ John W. F. Dulles Carlos Lacerda, Brazilian Crusader: The years 1960-1977 -1996 Page 370 "The Didrio Carioca, after the departure of Danton Jobim, was struggling with the help of Prudente de Moraes, neto, but was on its last legs. In support of Negrao, it filled its pages with sensational anti- Lacerda propaganda, such as PTB Senate ..."
  2. ↑ René Armand Dreifuss 1964, a conquista do Estado: ação política, poder e golpe de classe 2006 - Page 384 "... influente advogado e jornalista Prudente de Moraes Neto, mais conhecido por seu pseudónimo Pedro Dantas,..."
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