Palmério Dória Explained

Palmério Dória
Birth Place:	Santarém, Pará, Brazil
Death Place:	São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation:	Journalist, author

Palmério Dória (1948 – 31 March 2023) was a Brazilian journalist and writer, director of Sexy magazine and author of a number of books.

Dória was born in Santarém and raised in Belém by a priest. He moved to the South of Brazil and started working as a journalist, working at press vehicles such as Folha de S.Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo and Caros Amigos magazine. He was chief-of-reportage of Rede Globo until 1992, when he took over Sexy magazine.^[1]

Dória died of sepsis in São Paulo on 31 March 2023, at the age of 74.^[2]

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 Getúlio Vargas suicide;^[1]
• A Guerrilha do Araguaia (1978; translates as "Araguaia Guerrilla"), a report on the communist reaction quelled by the Brazilian military dictatorship.^[1]
• 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 Roseana Sarney 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.^[3]
• 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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Na cama com as celebridades . Marianne Piemonte . 2 April 2001 . Revista IstoÉ Gente . 11 December 2011 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210017/http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/87/reportagem/cama_celebridades.htm . live .
2. Web site: Jornalista Palmério Dória morre em SP . 1 April 2023 . G1 . pt-br.
3. Web site: Lançamento de livro sobre Sarney acaba em briga no Maranhão . Rodrigo Alvares . 5 November 2009 . O Estado de S. Paulo . 11 December 2011 . 16 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091116123018/http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/nacional,lancamento-de-livro-sobre-sarney-acaba-em-briga-no-maranhao,461810,0.htm . live .
4. Web site: Livro revela fonte que provou compra de votos pela emenda da reeleição . Ricardo Mendonça . . 30 August 2013 . 1 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130901122232/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2013/08/1334864-livro-contra-fhc-revela-fonte-que-provou-compra-de-votos-pela-emenda-da-reeleicao.shtml . live .