Palmério Dória (born 1948, in Santarém) is a Brazilian journalist and writer, ex-director of ''Sexy'' magazine and author of a number of books. Dória was born in Santarém and raised in

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by a priest. He moved to the South of Brazil and started working as a journalist, working at press vehicles such as

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and

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magazine. He was chief-of-reportage of

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until 1992, when he took over ''Sexy'' magazine.

Books

Dória published, among others, the following books: * ''Mataram o Presidente – Memórias do pistoleiro que mudou a História do Brasil'' (1976; translates as "They Killed the President – Memoirs of the gunman who changed the history of Brazil), which deals with the historical moment started with

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suicide; * ''A Guerrilha do Araguaia'' (1978; translates as "Araguaia Guerrilla"), a report on the communist reaction quelled by the Brazilian military dictatorship. * ''Evasão de Privacidade'' (2001; translates as "Evasion of Privacy"), which compiles a number of interviews with famous women published on ''Sexy'' magazine. * ''A candidata que virou picolé'' (2002; translates as "The candidate that turned into ice pop"), which reports the brief candidacy of

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for president. * ''Honoráveis Bandidos ─ Um Retrato do Brasil na Era Sarney'' (2009; translates as Honorable Criminals – A picture of Brazil during Sarney Era), about the power of the Sarney family on the Brazilian state of

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

. * ''O Príncipe da Privataria – a história secreta de como o Brasil perdeu seu patrimônio e Fernando Henrique Cardoso ganhou sua reeleição'' (Geração Editorial, 2013; translates as "The Prince of Privatary – the secret history of how Brazil lost its patrimony and Fernando Henrique Cardoso won his reelection), about the FHC era.

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