Censorship
Dennis Redmont retraces the challenges against Portugal’s regime in the ’60s in an interview with Diario de Noticias
Friday, May 17th, 2019 | Articles | Comments Off on Dennis Redmont retraces the challenges against Portugal’s regime in the ’60s in an interview with Diario de Noticias
Lisboa, 02/01/2019 –
Dennis Redmont
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Interviewed by the leading Portuguese newspaper, Diario de Noticias, Dennis Redmont runs through his extensive and eventful memory to revisit the oppressive years of Salazar’s regime in the ‘60s in Portugal.
Censorship pervaded society, as both national and foreign journalists and publishers were constantly monitored and frequently badgered by the PIDE, the International and State Political Police. The media landscape within Portuguese borders was controlled by the government, so the only way accurate news could circulate was through foreign news platforms. “Pereira Maintains”, the renowned novel written by Antonio Tabucchi, perfectly illustrates the atmosphere experienced by Redmont.
As a young correspondent of the Associated Press, Dennis Redmont reported many gloomy stories on Portugal’s national and foreign affairs, which were carried in newspapers such as Le Monde, The Times and The New York Times. The Portuguese regime did not bite the bullet.
Click here to read the article and learn more about Dennis Redmont’s times during the Portuguese regime of the ‘60s.
Dennis Redmont’s experience coping with the media censorship in Portugal in the 60s in a new article on the Portuguese weekly Visão História
Friday, August 10th, 2018 | Articles | Comments Off on Dennis Redmont’s experience coping with the media censorship in Portugal in the 60s in a new article on the Portuguese weekly Visão História
Salazar – Lisbon AP Correspondent Dennis Redmont (right) meets Portuguese Premier Antonio Oliveira Salazar (left) on eve of Salazar’s birthday April 28, 1965. Man at center, looking this way, is Major Silva Pais, head of Portuguese political police (PIDE)
Dennis Redmont features in Visão História the Portuguese monthly, an article on Portugal in the 1960s. Portugal was no place to be for a journalist under the rule of António de Oliveira Salazar. A stifling censorship regime was in place, which targeted first and foremost journalists, both Portuguese or foreigners. It was so widespread that the only way to learn about what was occurring in the country was to read foreign newspapers. What is more, PIDE, the Portuguese Secret Political Police, not only prevented news from being printed but actively pursued foreign correspondents in an attempt to chase them out of the country or silence them.
To read the article in Portuguese click here