This thesis analyses speeches by Charles XIII of Sweden to the Assembly of the Estates from 1809 to 1818, showing how Charles legitimised himself, the new regime he represented and his two successors, Charles August, and Charles John. The legitimisation focuses on the rhetorical meaning that Charles chronologically gives to the key concepts he utilises in independence, citizens, and freedom and how this relates to the periods before his rule. The thesis shows that independence was the key concept of Charles’ legitimisation as he constructed a myth around the Coup d’état of 1809, why it was needed and why the new ruling system and constitution he represented was legitimate. This was also connected to the concept of citizens and freedom, where Charles acknowledges and recognises that citizens have the authority to decide the nation’s future freely, and to uphold the freedom that belonged to their ancestors. Charles's role as king was to protect the nation's independence and the authority and freedom of its citizens. Charles presented contrasting images for the two successors, with Charles August not needing or having much legitimisation due to his early demise and lack of action being legitimised as a promise for a better future. For Charles John, his legitimisation comes in two forms: he would continue the example of a constitutional monarch that Charles had shown and as a warrior king who, through his military actions, deserved the throne more than any before him. The thesis concludes by showing that Charles legitimised his power as king by embracing the constitutional monarchy, expressing that he and Charles John would protect the independence and freedom of the Swedish citizens and their authority guaranteed by the constitution.

Denna uppsats undersöker sambandet mellan demokrati och militärkupper i Afrika efter avkoloniseringen, med särskilt fokus på Sahelregionen. Trots globala framsteg för demokrati är Afrika den region i världen som upplevt flest kupper de senaste sjuttio åren. Studiens syfte är att undersöka sambandet mellan militärkupper, demokratiska processer och stabilitet i Afrika och Sahelregionen genom en kombination av statistisk analys av demokrati och kupper samt tematisk analys av nyhetsartiklar. Fokus ligger på den växande trenden av militärkupper och hur reaktioner på dessa, både internationellt och inhemskt, kan påverka demokratiseringsprocessen. Studien visar att militärkupper är vanligare i auktoritära regimer än i demokratiska stater, vilket avviker från tidigare forskning. Faktorer som svag ekonomi, säkerhetskriser och bristande demokratiska institutioner spelar en roll. I Sahelregionen, där många auktoritära stater är instabila, är risken för demokratisk stabilitet negativt påverkad. Rapporteringen om militärkupper betonar ofta ledarnas misslyckanden med säkerhetsfrågor, vilket legitimerar militära övertaganden och underminerar demokratiseringsprocessen. Internationella reaktioner, särskilt från väst, präglas av sanktioner och biståndsindragningar, vilket kan ha blandade effekter. För att främja långsiktig demokratisk stabilitet krävs en djupare förståelse för orsakerna till kupper samt mer forskning om rollerna som internationella aktörer som Frankrike och Ryssland spelar och hur säkerhetsläget påverkar risken för kupper. / This essay examines the relationship between democracy and military coups in post-decolonisation Africa, with a particular focus on the Sahel region. Despite global advances in democracy, Africa is the region in the world that has experienced the most coups in the last seventy years. The purpose of the study is to examine the connection between military coups, democratic processes and stability in Africa and the Sahel region through a combination of statistical analyses of democracy and coups and thematic analysis of news articles. The focus is on the growing trend of military coups and how reactions to these, both international and domestic, can affect the democratization process. The study shows that military coups are more common in authoritarian regimes than in democratic states, which deviates from previous research. Factors such as a weak economy, security crises and a lack of democratic institutions play a role. In the Sahel region, where many authoritarian states are unstable, the risk of democratic stability is negatively affected. The coverage of military coups often emphasises the leaders' failures on security issues, legitimising military takeovers and undermining the democratisation process. International reactions, especially from the West, are characterised by sanctions and aid withdrawals, which can have mixed effects. To promote long-term democratic stability, a deeper understanding of the causes of coups is required, as well as more research on the roles played by international actors such as France and Russia and how the security situation affects the risk of coups.

Ce travail de recherche porte sur le processus historique ayant abouti à la formation de l’État libyen et de la nation libyenne. Tout au long de cette étude, nous nous sommes efforcés de dévoiler, entre autres choses, les rouages de ce processus de construction, et pour ce faire, avons analysé les grandes étapes s’étant déroulées entre 1911 et 2011. Dans ce cadre, notre attention s’est portée notamment sur les processus de construction de l’identité libyenne, ainsi que sur les mouvements de constitution d’organisations politiques et d’institutions étatiques. De même, cette thèse a-t-elle tenté de présenter les différents régimes politiques et les différents modes d’organisation du pouvoir politique ayant été mis en place durant la période indiquée, en accordant une place à l’étude du rôle joué par les groupes tribaux ainsi qu’à celle des différents dirigeants s’étant succédé à la tête de la Libye. Par ailleurs, un autre objectif de notre recherche a été de présenter le contexte politique, économique, social (que ce soit au niveau régional, national ou international) dans lequel s’est déroulé le processus de construction de l’État libyen, y compris durant ces dernières décennies, marquées par le régime de M. Kadhafi. En précisant que, pour chaque mode de gouvernance ayant été en place, les effets positifs et négatifs de ces derniers sur la société libyenne ont été analysés à la lumière de références historiques précises. / This research focuses on the historical process, leading to the formation of the Libyan State and of the Libyan nation. Throughout this study, we tried to reveal, among other things, the workings of this construction process. In this objective, we have analyzed the milestones that took place between 1911 and 2011. In this context, our attention has been mainly focused on the Libyan identity construction process, as well as on the constitution of political organizations and state institutions. This thesis also tried to present the different political systems, and the different originations of power, implemented during the period indicated. We also studied the role of tribal groups, and the personality of the different leaders who have controlled Libya. Furthermore, another objective of our research has been to present the political, economic and social context (on the regional, national and international levels), in which took place the construction of the Libyan State, including during in recent decades, marked by the regime of M. Gaddafi. Noting that, for each mode of governance, the positive and negative effects on Libyan society have been analyzed, in the light of specific historical references.

Notre sujet de thèse porte sur la contribution des journalistes caribéens au processus démocratique à travers le traitement des événements socio-politiques majeurs entre 1989 et 2009. Il s’agit de la tentative du coup d’état de juillet 1990 à Trinidad-et-Tobago et du mouvement social de 2009 en Guadeloupe.Cette étude part d'un état des lieux des concepts de journaliste, de démocratie et de liberté de la presse. Cette thèse vise à interroger le terme « démocratie » et l'éthique des journalistes. Il existe des chartes déontologiques, édictées par la profession des journalistes, qui reprennent les principes démocratiques. Nous avançons donc l'hypothèse selon laquelle les journalistes sont de véritables acteurs du processus démocratique. Garants de la démocratie, ils ont aussi une responsabilité sociale envers les citoyens.Cette recherche vise à analyser les événements socio-politiques majeurs dans les deux territoires entre 1989 et 2009. A travers ces événements, il s'agit de montrer la manière dont les journalistes contribuent au processus démocratique. Notre méthodologie consiste à analyser les articles de presse et les entretiens semi-directifs avec les journalistes pour comprendre comment ils travaillent et comprendre leur concept de liberté de la presse. / The present research deals with the involvement of Caribbean journalists in the emergence of democracy through media coverage of the major socio-political events between 1989 and 2009. It is the attempted coup d’etat in Trinidad and Tobago in July 1990 and the social movement in Guadeloupe in 2009.This study starts by defining concepts such as journalists, democracy and freedom of the press. This thesis aims at examining the term “democracy” and journalists' ethics. There are democratic principles in the code of ethics written by journalists themselves. This leads me to think that journalists are indeed major actors in the democratic process. Indeed, they are the guarantors of democracy because they have a social responsibility towards citizens.This research aims at analyzing the major socio-political events in both territories between 1989 and 2009. Through these events, I would like to show the way journalists contribute to the democratic process. That is why I analyzed the articles of the newspapers and interviews with journalists were conducted, in order to know in detail the way they work and their concept of freedom of the press.

Esta tese propõe um estudo do discurso de planejamento econômico nas décadas de 1950 e 1960, considerando dois momentos fundamentais: a constituição de um projeto para o desenvolvimento dos países periféricos ou subdesenvolvimentos por meio do planejamento, no âmbito da ONU e, mais precisamente, da CEPAL, no início do anos 1950; e as tentativas de planejamento no Brasil da primeira metade da década de 1960 como resposta à crise econômica, política e institucional que o país experimentava, com o Plano Trienal e o PAEG. Teoricamente, partimos da noção de positividade do discurso (enunciado e formação discursiva) na Arqueologia do saber foucaultiana, mas requalificando-a, a partir de Hegel e Derrida, de modo a atender a algumas insuficiências que tal noção apresenta quanto a uma concepção mais ampla de linguagem como sistema simbólico. Nesse sentido, nossa análise pauta-se pela reconstituição dos enunciados nos textos, tendo como horizonte quatro categorias que se demonstraram fundamentais desde os primeiros documentos: desenvolvimento, planejamento, perspectiva do desenvolvimento e posição técnica da autoridade planejadora. Os resultados mais relevantes da análise podem ser sintetizadas nos seguintes pontos: (1) o planejamento econômico justifica-se recorrentemente em nome do desenvolvimento; (2) os documentos apresentam constante a dificuldade em definir o par desenvolvimento/subdesenvolvimento, o que se revelou não uma idiossincrasia dos textos, mas um aspecto sistemático, simbólico o desenvolvimento, antes de ser um fundamento, é um problema em si a que as práticas de planejamento procuram responder; (3) o desenvolvimento projeta uma perspectiva do desenvolvimento, capaz de identificar um modo ótimo, ideal de progresso econômico para além do que se daria pela evolução espontânea da economia via livre empresa ou livre mercado; (4) essa perspectiva do desenvolvimento permite, enfim, delimitar um domínio do discurso (uma formação discursiva) que pode ser chamada desenvolvimentismo, dentro do qual se inserem tanto o Trienal quanto o PAEG, mudando apenas a estratégia de solução para essa discrepância entre progresso ideal e progresso espontâneo o primeiro procurando ocupar tal espaço por meio da iniciativa econômica estatal, o segundo visando a reduzi-lo pelo reformismo do setor privado, de modo a fazê-lo operar espontaneamente da maneira mais próxima possível do ótimo. De modo que os projetos hegemônicos pré e pós-Golpe, tal como consubstanciados nesses planos, não se opõem totalmente, mas articulam-se como soluções opostas diante de um mesmo problema simbólico, cultural no sentido mais forte do termo. / This thesis proposes to study economic planning discourse in the 1950s and 1960s, concerning two very important moments: first, the constitution of a project for the development of periphery or underdeveloped countries through economic planning, in the UN and, more precisely, ECLAC, during the early 1950s; second, the attempts of economic planning in Brazil during the first half of the 1960s, with Plano Trienal and PAEG as a reaction to the economic, political and institutional crisis that this country experienced. Theoretically, we rely on the notion of positivity of discourse, regarding the concepts of statement (énoncé) and discursive formation, from Foucaults Archeology of Knowledge. On the other hand, we reconsider this notion, through Hegel and Derrida, trying to deal with some of its lacks regarding the broad conception of language as a symbolic system. In this sense, our analysis aims at the reconstitution of statements in the texts, based on four categories that appeared as essential since the first documents we analyzed: development, planning, point of view of development and technical position of planning authority. The most relevant results of the analysis may be summarized in the following topics: (1) economic planning recurrently legitimates itself on behalf of development; (2) the documents present a constant difficulty in defining the pair development/underdevelopment, which turn out to be not an idiosyncrasy of each text, but a systematic, symbolic issue development, less than a solid foundation, is itself a problem that the practices of planning try to deal with; (3) development projects a point of view of development, which would be the perspective able to identify an ideal, optimal way of economic progress beyond the economic progress that would happen in the spontaneous evolution of economy through free entrepreneurship or free market; (4) this point of view of development allows us to identify a discursive domain (a discursive formation) that we could call Developmentalism. Both Trienal and PAEG pertain to this category, differing only regarding the strategy they propose to solve this gap between optimal progress and spontaneous progress, the former trying to occupy this space through state economic initiative and the latter trying to reduce it reforming the private sector to make it spontaneously work as the optimal way. Consequently, the hegemonic projects before and after 1964 Brazilian Coup, as they appears in these plans, are not totally opposed, but are articulated as opposing solutions to a common problem that is symbolic, i.e., cultural in the strong meaning of the term.

Esta dissertação tem como objetivo central reconstituir a trajetória do poeta brasileiro Nilton Rosa da Silva, enfocando seu período como exilado político no Chile, entre 1971 e 1973. Em Santiago, Nilton da Silva estudou castelhano no Instituto Pedagógico da Universidade do Chile, publicou o livro de poesias Hombre América, e passou a militar na Frente de Estudiantes Revolucionarios (FER), um dos grupos estudantis do Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR). O jovem brasileiro seria morto aos 24 anos de idade, em junho de 1973 (três meses antes do golpe de Estado liderado por Augusto Pinochet), por membros da Frente Nacionalista Patria y Libertad, milícia de ultradireita que lutava pela derrubada do presidente Salvador Allende. Defendendo a revolução armada para colocar o Chile no caminho do socialismo, mesmo durante o governo democrático da Unidad Popular (UP), o MIR era visto com reservas por setores moderados da esquerda. Ao mesmo tempo, porém, a organização procurava – desde fora – radicalizar os partidos da UP. A partir da análise da vida de Nilton da Silva, e das repercussões da sua morte, é possível discutir as disputas entre as estratégias “rupturista” e “sistêmica” da esquerda chilena durante o governo Allende, as possibilidades de acordo que se desenharam entre esses setores, e as maneiras como o MIR procurou conquistar esferas mais amplas para sua retórica em favor da necessidade de pegar em armas. Os usos políticos do assassinato de Nilton da Silva estão relacionados a essa busca: através da análise das apropriações do episódio, apreende-se o uso imediato que o MIR fez de sua morte, tentando construir o jovem militante como um mártir revolucionário em um período de crescente temor frente a um golpe reacionário. Discute-se, ademais, a forma como a vida e a morte de Nilton da Silva seriam eventualmente ressignificada nas décadas seguintes, passando a incluí-lo em uma narrativa mais ampla, ao lado de outras vítimas das ditaduras brasileira e chilena. / This thesis aims to recreate the trajectory of the Brazilian poet Nilton Rosa da Silva, focusing on his time as a political exile in Chile, from 1971 to 1973. In Santiago, Silva studied Spanish at the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Chile, published his poetry book Hombre América, and became a member of the Revolutionary Students Front (FER), one of Revolutionary Left Movement’s (MIR) groups in the student movement. The young Brazilian was killed at the age of 24 in June 1973 (three months prior to the coup led by Augusto Pinochet), by members of the Fatherland and Liberty Nationalist Front, a far-right militia that fought to overthrow the president, Salvador Allende. Advocating the need of an armed revolution to place Chile in the path of Socialism, even during the Popular Unity’s (UP) democratic administration, MIR was seen with hesitations by the moderate left. At the same time, however, MIR sought to radicalize the UP parties. By analyzing Nilton da Silva’s life and the impact of his death, it is possible to discuss the disputes between the “rupturist” and “systemic” strategies of the Chilean left during the Allende administration, the chances of agreement between these sectors, and the ways in which MIR sought to conquer wider segments to its rhetoric in favor of the need to take up arms. The political uses of Nilton da Silva’s murder are related to this goal: by examining the appropriation of his death, we are able to see the immediate use that MIR did of this episode, trying to construct the young activist as a revolutionary martyr in a period of growing fear towards a reactionary coup. This work discusses, moreover, how the life and death of Nilton da Silva would eventually be re-signified in the following decades, now being included in a broader narrative, along with other victims of the Brazilian and Chilean dictatorships.

O período compreendido entre a renúncia de Jânio Quadros à presidência da República, a eclosão do Movimento da Legalidade em 1961, passando pelo golpe civil-militar de março/abril de 1964 foi marcado por acirrados conflitos entre diferentes grupos sociais no cenário político e social brasileiro. O Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (PTB) atuou nesse contexto, principalmente na defesa das Reformas de Base e do nacionalismo, fomentando movimentos sociais reformistas que interpelavam ou eram promovidos por camponeses, sindicatos, estudantes e subalternos militares. No Rio Grande do Sul, sob a liderança de Leonel Brizola, grande parte dessas organizações aglutinou uma série de projetos e ideias e passaram a defendê-las de forma cada vez mais radicalizada, confrontando-se na arena política com as oposições conservadoras. A partir desse contexto, o presente trabalho visa analisar as recepções e reações dessa crise política junto às lideranças político-partidárias no município de Canoas, na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre. Canoas era, naquele momento, uma cidade com significativo contingente de operários entre seus moradores, público-alvo do PTB. A radicalização aqui será entendida como uma forma de luta política. Pretende-se entender como a radicalização foi recebida, apropriada e utilizada pelos setores políticos daquela localidade. A metodologia aqui utilizada é a leitura e análise qualitativa da documentação legislativa da Câmara Municipal de Canoas entre 1961 e 1964. Além da fonte legislativa, serão igualmente empregadas na pesquisa as atas do Diretório Municipal do PTB em Canoas, entre 1962 e 1964; periódicos da época de Canoas, Porto Alegre e Rio de janeiro; publicações que trazem informações, relatos e notícias relacionadas à cidade naquele período histórico e entrevistas realizadas com testemunhos da época. Ainda, será usada a prosopografia como método de análise da elite política local, a partir das fontes já citadas. / The period between the renounce of Jânio Quadros to the presidency of the Republic, the outbreak of the Legality Movement in 1961, followed by the civil-military coup,which occurred in March / April 1964 was marked by fierce conflicts among different social groups in the Brazilian political and social scenario. The Brazilian Labor Party (PTB) acted in this context, primarily in defense of the Basis Reform and the Nationalism, encouraging social reform movements that were erupted or promoted by peasants, trade unions, students and military subordinates. In Rio Grande do Sul, under the leadership of Leonel Brizola, a large part of these organizations agglutinated a series of projects and ideas and began to defend them in an increasingly radicalized way, confronting themselves in the political arena with conservative oppositions. From this context, the present work intent to analyze the receptions and reactions of this political crisis together with political-party leaderships in the municipality of Canoas, in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre. Canoas was, at that moment, a city with a significant contingent of workers amid its residents, the PTB's target public. The radicalization here will be understood as a form of political struggle. The propose is to understand how radicalization was received, appropriated and used by the political sectors of that locality. The methodology used here is the reading and qualitative analysis of the legislative documentation from the Municipal Council of Canoas between 1961 and 1964. Additionally to the legislative source, the minutes of the Municipal Directory of PTB in Canoas between 1962 and 1964, will equally be inserted in the research; Newspapers from Canoas, Porto Alegre and Rio de Janeiro; Publications that bring information, reports and news related to the city in that historical period and interviews conducted with testimonies of the time. Still, prosopography will be used as a method of analysis of the local political elite, from the sources already mentioned.

Esta tese tem como objeto central a Federação das Associações Rurais do Rio Grande do Sul (Farsul) no período que compreende os anos finais da década de 1950 e o início dos anos 1960. A análise focaliza as práticas de atuação e mobilização dos ruralistas gaúchos agremiados em torno da Farsul naquele contexto, marcado pela emergência de inúmeros projetos de reforma agrária no estado e no país e pelo vigor dos movimentos de luta pela terra. As ações da Federação e de seus representados foram pautadas, em grande medida, pelo surgimento, em 1960, do Movimento dos Agricultores Sem Terra do Rio Grande do Sul e pela política agrária proposta pelo então governador Leonel Brizola (PTB). Neste sentido, examino a atuação da entidade diante deste cenário, partindo de dados sobre a formação histórica da entidade, sua estrutura organizativa e o perfil de seus quadros dirigentes – mais especificamente aqueles que assumiram cargos de presidentes e vice-presidentes no período. A partir da análise de documentos produzidos pela própria Federação, notícias e notas públicas divulgadas em jornais da grande imprensa e discursos reproduzidos nos anais da Assembleia Legislativa do estado, busco delinear os contornos do debate ruralista, as estratégias utilizadas para mobilizar e dar coesão aos seus membros, bem como as nuances e divergências em seu interior. Por fim, busco analisar as posições assumidas pela entidade diante dos projetos de reforma agrária patrocinados pelo governo Jango e as mobilizações e articulações da Farsul no processo que culminou com o Golpe de 1964. / This thesis examines the Federation of Rural Associations of Rio Grande do Sul (Farsul) in the period comprising the final years of the 1950‘s and the early 1960‘s. The analysis focuses on the practices of action and mobilization of the ruralists represented by Farsul in that context marked by the emergence of many land reform projects in the state and in the country and by the force of the land movements. The actions of the Federation and its represented were guided largely by the appearance in 1960 of the Movement of Landless Farmers of Rio Grande do Sul and the agrarian policy proposed by the governor Brizola (PTB). In this sense, I examine the entity activities on this scenario, from data on the historical formation of the entity, its organizational structure and the profile of its managers - specifically those who have assumed positions of presidents and vice-presidents in the period. From the analysis of documents produced by the Federation, public news and notes published in newspapers of the mainstream press and speeches reproduced in the annals of the State Legislative Assembly, I seek to outline the contours of the ruralist debate, the strategies used to mobilize and give cohesion to their members as well as the nuances and differences within. Finally, I intend to analyze the positions taken by the entity towards the land reform projects sponsored by the Jango government and Farsul mobilizations and articulations in the process that culminated in the 1964 coup d‘etat.

O objetivo da presente tese de doutorado é analisar a formação política e teórica da Organização Revolucionária Marxista Política Operária (ORM-POLOP), a partir das três organizações que lhe serviram de base. Os três grupos a formar a sigla em estudo foram: A Liga Socialista Independente, articulada em São Paulo, sob a liderança de Hermínio Sacchetta, militante veterano oriundo do campo trotskista. Outra agremiação a servir de base a ORM-POLOP foi a Juventude Socialista da PSB, organizada no Rio de Janeiro, mas com ramificações em outros estados. Por fim, a terceira força a formar o grupo em estudo foi Mocidade Trabalhista do PTB, nosso foco se dará sobre a seção mineira desta agremiação, visto ter saído de Belo Horizonte o núcleo que aderiu a ORM-POLOP. Temos por meta apresentar e discutir cada uma das três linhas de força supracitadas, entender seus pressupostos teóricos, até que ponto foi possível se conciliar as distintas posições políticas, e como tais diferenciações contribuíram para a cisão da sigla. Nosso recorte histórico abrangerá o período que vai de 1956, ano em que se iniciam as atividades da LSI, até 1967, ano em que a ORM-POLOP se cinde em diversos grupos. / My objective in this doctoral thesis is to analyze the political and theoretical formation of the Organização Revolucionária Marxista Política Operária(The Revolutionary Marxist Organization Workers Politics, ORM-POLOP) based on the three organizations which composed the base of the group. The three groups that formed the orghanization were: the Liga Socialista Independente (Independent Socialist League, LSI) based in São Paulo under the leadership of Hermínio Sacchetta, a veteran Trotskyist activist. Another group in the base of ORM-POLOP was the Juventude Socialista da PSB (Socialist Youth of the Brazilian Socialist Party, PSB), organized in Rio de Janeiro, but with influence in other states. The third force that formed the groups base was the Mocidade Trabalhista do PTB (Labour Youth of the Brazilian Labour Party, PTB). My focus on this last group will be on its section in the state of Minas Gerais since the group that adhered to ORM-POLOP came from Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the state. My aim is to present and discuss each of these three groups, understand their theoretical presuppositions, the possibilities for the conciliation of these distinct political positions and, finally, how such differences contributed to the split in the organization. The study covers the period from 1957 when the LSI initiated its activities until 1967 the year in which ORM-POLOP split into diverse groups.

Este trabalho tem como proposta central investigar as aproximações e os distanciamentos, as semelhanças e as diferenças entre dois campos de atuação: a história e o jornalismo. Embora tenham especificidades e características muito próprias, os dois ofícios dividem algumas práticas em comum, entre elas contar histórias. O que se propõe aqui é um debate teórico e uma interpretação da escrita da história protagonizada por jornalistas. Os quatro volumes da série As ilusões armadas, publicados entre 2002 e 2004 pelo jornalista brasileiro Elio Gaspari, funcionam como um pano de fundo para discutir alguns conceitos-chave da história e do jornalismo, como fato histórico e notícia, entrevista e fontes orais, a crítica da fonte, além de debater a escrita da história, especialmente quando ela é executada por repórteres que se valem das técnicas jornalísticas para construir obras de maior fôlego, a partir de temas, momentos e personagens históricos. Para compor os quatro capítulos, foram fundamentais os textos de autores que pensam sobre a história a partir de reflexões teóricas, como Paul Ricoeur, François Hartog, Jörn Rüsen e Reinhart Koselleck, além dos trabalhos produzidos no Institut d´Histoire du Temps Présent (IHTP). Entre os teóricos do jornalismo, as pesquisas de Nelson Traquina e Luiz Gonzaga Motta balizaram as discussões em torno da notícia e da pretensa objetividade jornalística. Na primeira parte, a tese de Tobias Peucer (1690) foi ponto de partida para as (antigas) relações entre história e jornalismo. O capítulo seguinte trata do conceito de notícia, do fato histórico e de como esses dois temas aparecem nos livros de Gaspari. O terceiro capítulo analisa como o jornalista se apropria das fontes, unindo técnicas da história e do jornalismo para construir o texto. As estratégias de escrita do autor estão apresentadas no quarto e último capítulo, mescladas com discussões teóricas e metodológicas a respeito da escrita da história. Gaspari escreve livros históricos com técnicas da reportagem e do jornalismo e, assim, compõe uma produção classificada neste tese como “híbrida”. / This paper has the objective of investigating the approach and gaps, the possibilities and differences, between two action fields: History and journalism. Tough having their very own characteristics and specifications, the two occupations share a few practices, and telling stories is one of them. The purpose here is a theoric debate and an interpretation on the historic writing performed by journalists. The four volumes of "As Ilusões Armadas", published between 2002 and 2004 by Brazilian journalist Elio Gaspari, work like a background for discussing key-concepts of journalism and history, as both historic fact and news, interview and oral source, the critic on the source, and also debating the writing of history, specially when carried out by reporters who make use of journalism technics to build more breathtaking texts, from themes, moments, and historic characters. For making the four chapters, texts from authors that think about history from theoretical reflections, like Paul Ricoeur, François Hartog, Jörn Rüsen and Reinhart Koselleck, as well as papers produced at Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent (IHTP). Between theoreticals of journalism, the researches of Nelson Traquina and Luiz Gonzaga Motta guided the discussions about news and the alleged journalistic objectivity. In the first part, Tobias Peucer's thesis (1690) served as a starting point for the (old) correlations between history and journalism. The following chapter deals with the concept of news, the historic fact and how these two themes are shown in Gaspari's books. The third chapter analyses how the journalist appropriates the used sources, and joins history and journalism technics to write a text. The author's writing strategies are introduced in the fourth and last chapter, mixed with theoretical and methodological discussions about the writing through history. Gaspari writes historical books using journalistic technics, creating an hybrid text.