Zuenir Ventura

Brazilian journalist, author and columnist known for reportage and books about Rio de Janeiro and contemporary Brazilian society.

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  1. 1. 1968

    O ano que não terminou

    A vivid journalistic chronicle of Brazil’s tumultuous 1968 that traces how student protests, cultural upheaval and the killing of a young protester ignited mass demonstrations — including the March of the One Hundred Thousand — and confronted an increasingly repressive military regime. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, reportage and archival detail, it captures the optimism, creativity and political radicalization of students, artists and activists alongside the violent state response that culminated in harsher legal and extra‑legal measures, exile and intensified censorship. The narrative situates these events in their social and historical context and shows how the year left a lasting mark on Brazil’s politics and collective memory.