Imprensa Nacional (

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for ''National Press'') is an institution of the

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responsible for publishing both

Diário Oficial da União The ''Diário Oficial da União'' (literally ''Official Journal of the Union''), abbreviated DOU, is the official journal of the federal government of Brazil. It is published since 1 October 1862 and was created via the imperial decree 1.177, of ...

and Diário da Justiça and for maintaining both the National Press Museum and the National Press Library. It was created as ''Impressão Régia'' (''Royal Printing'') by

John VI of Portugal , house = Braganza , father = Peter III of Portugal , mother = Maria I of Portugal , birth_date = , birth_place = Queluz Palace, Queluz, Portugal , death_date = , death_place = Bemposta Palace, Lisbon, Portugal , ...

while Brazil was still a

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.A História da Imprensa Nacional
Imprensa Nacional. It served as official press of the

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when the Portuguese court moved to Brazil. After

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declared the

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, it became the official press of the newly formed

and kept its status after Brazil became a republic.

References

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