THE NEWSPAPER “CENTRO ACADMICO” OF RIO DE JANEIRO

A SPACE WHERE REPUBLICAN IDEAS WERE PROPAGATED IN XIXTH CENTURY BRAZIL (1872-1873)

Abstract

Our aim is to analize the newspaper Centro Academico as a space where Republican ideas were propagated. This newspaper was published between 1872 and 1873 by a group composed of 24 students from two of the imperial colleges that existed at the Corte, the Faculdade de Medicina e Cirurgia, which formed professionals related to the practice of medicine, and the Escola Central do Exército which, until 1874, formed exclusively professionals related to military engineering. The Centro Acadeêmico was one of the first newspapers published in Brazil during the nineteenth century to explicitly defend the Republic and to maintain in its cadres defenders of this form of government. . In the mapping carried out, we focused on the journal’s editors and authors and the themes discussed as well, so we can understand the themes discussed and how each of the actors think about Republicanism. Their editors made a diagnosis of the Empire of Brazil and, from there, proposed solutions to the problems encountered. The main points of the students’ diagnosis of the Brazilian Empire were, namely: the lack of legitimacy of the monarchy to carry out reforms in several areas necessary for the country’s development, especially those related to higher education, which was few institutions that were, to worsen, poorly distributed geographically and with low quality in the training offered. The main points of the students’ diagnosis of the Brazilian Empire were, namely: the lack of legitimacy of the monarchy to carry out reforms in several areas necessary for the country’s development, especially those related to higher education, which was few institutions that were, to worsen, poorly distributed geographically and with low quality in the training offered.