It's from Brazil: Smallest newspaper in the world, 3.5 x 2.5 cm, re-published

With only 3.5 cm by 2.5 cm and 81 years of history, the newspaper Vossa Senhoria, once the smallest in the world, recognized by the Guinness Book, is now circulating again in August, in Divinópolis. The chairmanship of the microjournal in his new version is the engineer and environmental consultant Milton Nogueira, and edition of journalist and writer Leida Reis. The relaunch takes place at 10 am on Saturday, August 20, within the schedule of the Divinópolis Literary Festival (FLID).

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You were founded on August 18, 1935, in the city of Goiás (GO) by Minas Gerais graphic and journalist Leonidas Schwindt, and circulated until 1956 under the direction of the so-called newspaper planter. The original size was 9 cm by 6 cm, and then 10 cm by 7 cm, always with critical political content, which was censored by the federal government in 1955, when the country was under “state of siege”. With the signature of its founder, the newspaper, then a weekly, was later published in the mining towns of Abaeté, Belo Horizonte and Pitangui.

After the three-decade publication hiatus, the micro-journal circulated again in 1985 in Divinópolis, edited by the daughter of Leonidas (died 1972), Dolores Schwindt. Having discovered that there were smaller newspapers in the world than "Your Lordship", the journalist successively reduced her size to 3.5 x 2.5 cm, which earned her a place in the Guinness Book as the smallest newspaper in the world. on March 23, 2000.

Long before Twitter

“This newspaper preceded Twitter, with the synthesis of the message, and the challenge is immense because the editions are monthly. It represents an ode to print journalism, ”defines Leida. The publisher also remembers your pioneering profile: long before Twitter, the octogenarian publication already knew how to communicate through a few characters, there are only 200, counting the spaces, per page.

Milton Nogueira, who subscribes to the new version of the newspaper as “meddling among birds” (quoted by Pablo Neruda), explains the reasons for the journal's relaunch. “Your Lordship is a journalistic heritage of Brazil and needs to go forward. I decided to relaunch the newspaper to keep up with the very exciting odyssey of Leonidas Schwindt, a combative journalist in the interior of Brazil. My youth friendship with daughter Dolores led me to collaborate with the small edition as early as the 1980s and 1990s. In 2010, the other daughter, Dulce, asked me to keep the publication. I am confident that Leida Reis, a noted journalist and writer from Minas Gerais, will also be a great editor. ”

An example of your Lord's political message is on one of the pages of the August 2, 1947 issue: “Political party alliances on municipal issues do not always bring desired results. In theory, in conventions, in outlined plans, everything seems easy and beautiful, but in practice all flaws present themselves. Political parties do like the cat that taught the jaguar every jump but the jump back. ”

In the little newspaper fits the world

With dimensions only slightly larger than a stamp, the newspaper has correspondents in Brazil and abroad. Videomaker Andréa Vizeu, for example, writes from New York. In the first publication, she tells about the movement of Brazilians opposed to Dilma Rousseff's impeachment.

Economy is also your lordship's agenda. From São Paulo, journalist Luciana Otoni analyzes the perspective of the Brazilian sector for next year. In addition, of its 26 pages, six are devoted to the return of the newspaper. Another curiosity is the two pages in English, made to meet international signatures: of the 5, 000 copies distributed when it was closed, 2% were sent abroad.

The newspaper will sell for $ 5, and the annual subscription, which includes 12 copies, costs $ 60. Your landlord will be sent by mail, wrapped in a clear plastic bag. Initially, the focus is on delivering the new edition to former subscribers.

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