''Brasil de Fato'' ( en, Brazil de facto) is a Brazilian online newspaper and a radio agency, in addition to having regional newspapers in

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, Paraná and

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. Launched on January 25, 2003, on the

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of 2003 in

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by social movement organizations like the

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, and Pastoral Care Social Commission, it circulated for more than ten years with a national weekly print version. It was founded by Alípio Freire. The newspaper, of national circulation, gathers

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journalists, writers, commentators, and other national and international intellectuals, who joined to form ''Brasil de Fato'' after they realized the need to a democratization of the press. It intends the debate of ideas and the analysis of facts from the standpoint of the need for social change in the country.

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