De direito, mas não de fato: o parlamentarismo do referendo de 1963 no Correio do Povo, RS

Abstract

This research aims to understand how Correio do Povo, the main newspaper in Rio Grande do Sul, acted in the 1963 referendum. Such vote meant the end of the republican parliamentary period in the country after its adoption in 1961. The Jânio Quadros renouce as president put Brazil in a political crisis since his vice president, João Goulart was prevented to take office by the military ministers. To avoid a civil war, the National Congress established the parliamentarism, in which the presidential powers are smaller. The Additional Act that changed the system of government provided a vote to population decide between parliamentarism and presidentialism and after political articulations, the referendum was advanced to 1963. Focusing on the acting of defenders of the cabinet regime, this work used the press as source and adopted the specific methodological care. Having Pierre Bourdie as theorist, we intend to fill in some gaps in the historiography of the period.