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O Pasquim was a Brazilian weekly newspaper published in Rio de Janeiro from 1969 to the mid-1970s. It was critical of the military dictatorship and it is considered the founding periodical of Brazil's alternative press.
The idea for the periodical began in 1968 after a meeting of cartoonist Jaguar with journalists Tarso de Castro and Sérgio Cabral. They were looking for an alternative to substitute Sérgio Porto's tabloid A carapuça. The name was Jaguar's idea, inspired in the Italian folk-tale character Pasquino, who, according to the legend, used to write and tell stories in a major public Town square.
As the time went by, prominent figures such as Walter Campos de Carvalho, Ziraldo, Millôr Fernandes, Luiz Carlos Maciel, Prósperi and Fortuna joined the team.
All of O Pasquim issues were digitalized and can be read on the National Library of Brazil website.
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