Lourival Fontes
Encyclopedia
Lourival Fontes was a Brazil
ian journalist and politician best known for being the propaganda
minister for President Getúlio Vargas
between 1934 and 1942. He was born in Riachão do Dantas, Sergipe
and married the poet Adalgisa Nery
in 1940.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian journalist and politician best known for being the propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....
minister for President Getúlio Vargas
Getúlio Vargas
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas served as President of Brazil, first as dictator, from 1930 to 1945, and in a democratically elected term from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the most for any President, and second in Brazilian history to Emperor Pedro II...
between 1934 and 1942. He was born in Riachão do Dantas, Sergipe
Sergipe
Sergipe , is the smallest state of the Brazilian Federation, located on the northeastern Atlantic coast of the country. It borders on two other states, Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean...
and married the poet Adalgisa Nery
Adalgisa Nery
Adalgisa Nery was a Brazilian poet, journalist and politician. She was born in Rio de Janeiro as Adalgisa Maria Feliciana Noel Cancela Ferreira, the daughter of a civil servant...
in 1940.