This thesis deals with the topic of borders and includes art series, which focuses on the development of social perception and thinking of pupils of second grade of primary school. The theoretical part of the thesis maps the border issue within society. The beginning of the work clarifies the borders in terms of psychology. Afterwards, different ways of dealing with the subject boundaries in art are presented. There are primarily highlighted figures of visual arts and artistic styles that inspired the creation of art series. Works of artists are chronologically ordered into artistic styles and semantically clarified with regard to time, cultural and social context. The next part of this work is devoted to a school curriculum and the possibilities of including the chosen theme to teaching of art subject within the school educational programs, for which the project was implemented. At the end of the theoretical part there is outlined the history of the project teaching and the method used for the creation of the art series.The project part is a set of seven lessons dealing with the topic of boundaries, which are focused on working with different techniques. The whole project was based on the perception and understanding of the issue of boundaries by the pupils of primary school during particular lessons. The course of the lessons and their content is described chronologically. The end of the practical part presents additional possibilities of how, according to the author of this qualification work, the topic of boundaries can be used for further processing.

A imigração aos Estados Unidos se tornou um dos maiores fenômenos globais durante o sécu-lo XX. Alguns fatores, entretanto, estariam indicando que, especialmente a partir da crise e-conômica de 2008, os fluxos migratórios ao país norte-americano poderiam estar diminuindo. Este trabalho busca analisar tal movimento recente de imigração aos Estados Unidos à luz do histórico das políticas migratórias adotadas no país, partindo da hipótese de que a aparente redução da imigração aos Estados Unidos se trata de uma questão temporária. Inicialmente, é examinado o histórico da imigração aos Estados Unidos desde os primeiros imigrantes do país até a década de 1970, em que são abordados os principais acontecimentos históricos desta fase e sua influência na imigração, com destaque às políticas migratórias adotadas no período. A seguir, analisa-se a maneira como os índices migratórios se elevaram fortemente ao final do século XX. São debatidos os motivos que levaram a este aumento e a forma como os Estados Unidos lidaram com a questão. Por fim, o trabalho aborda alguns fatores da década de 2000 que poderiam estar causando uma redução nos índices migratórios aos Estados Unidos. São eles a crise econômica de 2008; o aumento da segurança da fronteira americana com o Méxi-co; as políticas migratórias do final dos anos 2000 (com destaque à proposta da reforma do sistema migratório de Barack Obama e a lei SB 1070 do estado americano do Arizona); e as condições internas de alguns dos países de origem dos migrantes (México, América Central e Caribe, Brasil e alguns países asiáticos) e a maneira como elas afetam a imigração de nacio-nais destes países aos Estados Unidos. A análise realizada aponta que, embora tenha havido uma redução dos índices migratórios em comparação aos anos 1990, a leve tendência de que-da apresentada ao final da década de 2000 não configura um movimento permanente, mas, sim, insere-se na tradição da imigração aos Estados Unidos de apresentar diferentes fluxos de crescimento e queda ao longo de sua história. / Immigration to the United States became a major global phenomena during the twentieth cen-tury. Some factors, however, could be indicating that, especially since the 2008 economic crisis, migration flows to the North American country could be slowing. This paper analyses this recent flow of immigration to the United States in light of the history of immigration pol-icies adopted in the country, based on the assumption that the apparent reduction in immigra-tion to the United States is a temporary issue. Initially, we analyze the history of immigration to the Unites States since the country's first immigrants until the 1970s, in which we focus on the main historical events of this phase and its influence on immigration, especially migration policies adopted in this period. Next, we analyze how migration flows rose sharply at the end of the twentieth century. We debate the reasons that took to this increase and the way the United States dealt with the subject. Finally, we discuss some factors of the 2000s which could be causing a reduction in the immigration rates in the United States. They are the 2008 economic crisis; the enforcement in the security of the American border with Mexico; the migration policies of the late 2000s (particularly Barack Obama's proposed migration system reform and the SB 1070 law of the U. S. state of Arizona); and the internal condition of some of the migrants' countries of origin (Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, Brazil and some Asian countries) and the way they affect immigration from nationals of these countries to the United States. The analysis indicates that, though there has been a reduction in migra-tion flows compared to the 1990s, the slight downward trend shown by the end of the 2000s does not configure a permanent process, but rather is part of the tradition of immigration to the United States to present different flows of rises and falls of migrations throughout its his-tory.

As fronteiras estão cada vez mais presentes nas agendas (políticas), discursos e noticiários. No ínterim, os fluxos de capitais, informações, produtos, pessoas e veículos entre o Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil e a Argentina ofereceram um rico quadro para investigação acadêmica. O trabalho tem por intuito compreender os desdobramentos da segurança, da defesa e do comércio exterior em Uruguaiana. Este questiona como se organizam os sistemas de controle, circulação e segurança na estrutura urbana de uma cidade estratégica em região de fronteira do Sul brasileiro, enfatizando o caso do território uruguaianense. O município situa-se em uma localização comercial privilegiada, em tríplice fronteira. Beneficia-se de distância equidistante de Assunção, Buenos Aires, Montevidéu e Porto Alegre. Constitui-se como um importante corredor de passagem de mercadorias até Santiago e São Paulo, expressivos centros urbanos sul-americanos. Em 2015, teve uma movimentação de mais de 126 mil caminhões, 2,3 milhões de toneladas e US$ 8,5 bilhões de dólares. 1,1 milhão de indivíduos cruzaram a Ponte Internacional Getúlio Vargas – Agustín Pedro Justo. O estudo contou com pesquisa bibliográfica, coleta de dados secundários e ida a campo (na qual foram reunidos dados primários e aplicadas entrevistas). A interlocução com órgãos federais como a Receita Federal do Brasil e o Departamento da Polícia Federal foi importante para o conhecimento da realidade fronteiriça e a obtenção de estatísticas. Diferenças culturais e territoriais, falta de continuidade das políticas governamentais, mudanças constantes nas legislações e oscilações econômicas são alguns dos fatores que geram esta complexidade fronteiriça. / The borders are increasingly more present in the political agenda, speeches and news. In the meantime, the flows of financial capitals, information, products, people and vehicles between the state of Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil and Argentina offer a rich picture for academic research. The work is meant to understand the unfolding of safety, of defense and foreign trade in the city of Uruguaiana. This work questions how the control, circulation and urban structure safety systems are organized in a strategic city in the South border of Brazil, emphasizing the case of Uruguaiana’s territory. The city is located in a prime commercial location, in a triple border. It benefits from an equidistant distance from the cities of Assunção, Buenos Aires, Montevidéu and Porto Alegre. It is constituted as an important crossing corridor of goods up to Santiago and São Paulo, significant South American urban centers. In 2015, it had a transit of more than 126 thousand trucks, 2,3 million tons and US$ 8,5 billion. 1,1 million people crossed Getúlio Vargas – Agustín Pedro Justo International Bridge. The study included bibliographic research, secondary data collect and site visit (in which primary data were gathered and interviews were conducted). The interlocution with federal agencies (such as Brazil’s Federal Income Taxes and the Federal Police Department) was important for obtaining knowledge about the border reality and for gathering statistical data. Cultural and territorial differences, lack of continuity from government policies, constant changes in legislations and economic fluctuations are some of the factors that bring forth this border complexity.

En adoptant une approche qualitative et pluridisciplinaire, basée sur l’étude longitudinale des circulations de la population de Deir Mqaren - un village syrien situé entre Damas et la frontière libanaise - cette thèse interroge la dimension réticulaire des mobilités humaines. A travers les récits de vie des réfugiés de cette bourgade et l’analyse de leurs parcours migratoires vers la Jordanie et l’Allemagne, elle décrypte la mécanique des flux au départ de Syrie. Cette recherche invite ainsi le lecteur à déplacer son regard vers des réseaux de lieux et d’acteurs souvent considérés comme marginaux, mais formant pourtant l’ossature des routes de l’exil reliant la Syrie au reste du globe. En plaçant la focale sur les conditions du mouvement des individus, l’intention de cette étude est à la fois de mettre en exergue les imbrications entre les migrations économiques antérieures au conflit et la logique des mouvements actuels de réfugiés ; mais aussi de montrer de manière tangible l’évolution des mécanismes relationnels permettant aux exilés d’accéder à des ressources (informations, mobilité, logement, emploi) en dépit des contraintes structurelles auxquelles ils ne cessent d’être confrontés. Les représentations (carto)graphiques élaborées dans le cadre de cette thèse visent pour leur part à mieux rendre compte du caractère mobile, instable et particulièrement labile de ces dynamiques socio-spatiales. / In adopting a qualitative and multidisciplinary approach, based on the longitudinal study of the Deir Mqaren’s inhabitants’ circulations – a Syrian village located between Damascus and the Lebanese border – this thesis questions the “reticular” dimension of human mobility. Through refugees’ narratives and the analysis of their migration journeys to Jordan and Germany, its aims to understand the mechanics of refugee flows from Syria. Thus, this research invites the reader to move his focus towards networks of places and actors often considered as being marginal, despite the fact that they form the “backbone” of the roads of exile liking Syria to the rest of the world. By placing the focal point on individuals’ conditions of movement, the intention of this study is to both highlight the continuum existing between pre-conflict economic migration and the logic of the current refugee movements; and show in a tangible way the evolution of the relational mechanisms allowing exiles to access resources (such as information, mobility, housing, employment) despite the structural constraints they are constantly facing on their way towards safe destinations. The graphic representations developed in the framework of this thesis aim to better reflect the mobile, unstable and particularly labile nature of these socio-spatial dynamics.

O presente estudo parte do contexto de importância da mídia local situada em municípios de fronteira e da pauta rural como temática fundamental aos espaços fronteiriços do sul brasileiro. O interesse centra-se no modo como o rural, especialmente no que tange ao caráter econômico atualmente bastante voltado ao agronegócio, é abordado nos jornais A Plateia e Cidade, de Sant‟Ana do Livramento e Uruguaiana, respectivamente. Tais municípios caracterizam-se como importantes polos econômicos de produção agropecuária e rotas de circulação e contato do Brasil e do Rio Grande do Sul com o Mercosul, especialmente com Uruguai e Argentina. Busca-se compreender como a mídia impressa local noticia o rural, considerando principalmente os aspectos econômicos compartilhados com países vizinhos do Brasil, Uruguai e Argentina. O enfoque recai sobre as escalas espaciais de ocorrência dos acontecimentos relacionados ao rural, a presença dos países vizinhos e das referidas nacionalidades nos textos jornalísticos e as abordagens que caracterizam as notícias sobre a temática. O recorte temporal contempla o período de sete exposições e feiras agropecuárias distribuídas entre os três países, partindo especialmente da 40ª edição da Exposição Internacional de Animais, Máquinas, Implementos e Produtos Agropecuários (Expointer), realizada em Esteio, região metropolitana de Porto Alegre, no Rio Grande do Sul, entre os dias 26 de agosto e 03 de setembro de 2017. Eventos dessa natureza mobilizam os municípios da fronteira e são também espaços de interação entre os países compreendidos nos interesses do estudo. Em termos metodológicos, a dissertação configura-se num Estudo de Caso, para o qual foram acionados a Pesquisa Bibliográfica, a Pesquisa Exploratória e a Análise de Conteúdo. A análise aponta para a temática rural com abordagem predominantemente voltada para a economia, seguida de práticas culturais e o turismo rural. As características dos jornais mostram-se semelhantes em relação à delimitação local, mas distintos no que se refere à abordagem da fronteira e dos países vizinhos, Uruguai e Argentina. / The present study starts from the context of importance of the local media located in frontier municipalities and of the rural agenda as a fundamental theme to the frontier spaces of the Brazilian south. The interest is focused on the way in which the rural sector, especially with regard to the economic character currently geared to agribusiness, is approached in the newspapers A Plateia e Cidade, Sant'Ana do Livramento and Uruguaiana, respectively. These municipalities are characterized as important economic poles of agricultural production and routes of circulation and contact of Brazil and Rio Grande do Sul with Mercosur, especially with Uruguay and Argentina. It seeks to understand how the local print media reports the rural, mainly considering the economic aspects shared with neighboring countries of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The focus is on spatial scales of occurrence of rural events, the presence of neighboring countries and nationalities in journalistic texts, and the approaches that characterize news about the theme. The period includes seven exhibitions and agricultural fairs distributed among the three countries, starting from the 40th edition of the International Exhibition of Animals, Machinery, Implements and Agricultural Products (Expointer), held in Esteio, metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, in the Rio Grande do Sul, between August 26 and September 3, 2017. Events of this nature mobilize the municipalities of the border and are also spaces of interaction between countries included in the interests of the study. In methodological terms, the dissertation is set up in a Case Study, for which the Bibliographic Research, the Exploratory Research and the Content Analysis were used. The analysis points to the rural theme with a predominantly economic approach, followed by cultural practices and rural tourism. The characteristics of the newspapers are similar in relation to the local delimitation, but different in relation to the border approach and neighboring countries, Uruguay and Argentina.

In the last fifteen years, the Brazilian government has implemented educational policies intended to expand access to higher education for students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. At the same time, research has observed the increase in the demand for international mobility of students from middle and upper classes. This PhD thesis aimed to understand the e↵ect of international mobility among Brazilian undergraduate students on educational inequality by examining the Science Without Borders (SWB) programme. This programme was established in July 2011 by the Brazilian Federal Government with the aim to promote the expansion and the internationalisation of science and technology, and increase Brazilian competitiveness through international exchange and mobility. The programme distributed 101,000 scholarships between 2011 and 2015 for undergraduate and graduate Brazilian students to study in a foreign university. The thesis draws on research on educational inequalities and international mobility. The research on education inequalities showed that in many developed countries, after the expansion of education, students from privileged socioeconomic backgrounds seek to maintain their education advantage through distinctive educational trajectories. The international mobility research also indicated that students from more advantageous socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to pursue international mobility as a strategy for maintaining their privilege. However, international mobility programmes that o↵er financial bursary attract students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds as well. Hence, this research examined whether international mobility programmes which o↵er scholarships may operate as a mechanism for opening up opportunities in the education system. The dataset used for the study was created thanks to the collaboration of three di↵erent intuitions: the two funding bodies of the SWB programme and the National Institute for Educational Studies and Research (INEP). The negotiations to access the data lasted around a year and a half, and was only agreed after the anonymity of the students were guaranteed. INEP merged data from the High School National Exam (ENEM) datasets with the information provided by the two funding bodies to identify students who attended the SWB programme between 2011 and 2014. Probit regression models were used to examine the association between students’ socioeconomic backgrounds and the likelihood of participating in the SWB programme. The models showed that students with parents with higher levels of education and higher income were more likely to receive a SWB scholarship. In other words, there was inequality in access to the programme. Therefore, the financial bursary o↵ered by the Brazilian government did not eliminate the e↵ect of students’ socioeconomic characteristics on access to this programme. Multilevel models were used to analyse the association between students’ socioeconomic background and prestige of the foreign university attended. The models demonstrated that there was also inequality within the SWB programme: students from more advantageous socioeconomic background tended to study in more prestigious universities. These results corroborate the results from the international mobility literature and suggest that students from privileged socioeconomic backgrounds might pursue international mobility to maintain educational advantages. These results have important implications for educational policies in Brazil. In addition to the e↵ort to expand access to higher education, the government should also assure that inequalities are not being transferred to other areas, such as in the case of international mobility.

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As fronteiras estão cada vez mais presentes nas agendas (políticas), discursos e noticiários. No ínterim, os fluxos de capitais, informações, produtos, pessoas e veículos entre o Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil e a Argentina ofereceram um rico quadro para investigação acadêmica. O trabalho tem por intuito compreender os desdobramentos da segurança, da defesa e do comércio exterior em Uruguaiana. Este questiona como se organizam os sistemas de controle, circulação e segurança na estrutura urbana de uma cidade estratégica em região de fronteira do Sul brasileiro, enfatizando o caso do território uruguaianense. O município situa-se em uma localização comercial privilegiada, em tríplice fronteira. Beneficia-se de distância equidistante de Assunção, Buenos Aires, Montevidéu e Porto Alegre. Constitui-se como um importante corredor de passagem de mercadorias até Santiago e São Paulo, expressivos centros urbanos sul-americanos. Em 2015, teve uma movimentação de mais de 126 mil caminhões, 2,3 milhões de toneladas e US$ 8,5 bilhões de dólares. 1,1 milhão de indivíduos cruzaram a Ponte Internacional Getúlio Vargas – Agustín Pedro Justo. O estudo contou com pesquisa bibliográfica, coleta de dados secundários e ida a campo (na qual foram reunidos dados primários e aplicadas entrevistas). A interlocução com órgãos federais como a Receita Federal do Brasil e o Departamento da Polícia Federal foi importante para o conhecimento da realidade fronteiriça e a obtenção de estatísticas. Diferenças culturais e territoriais, falta de continuidade das políticas governamentais, mudanças constantes nas legislações e oscilações econômicas são alguns dos fatores que geram esta complexidade fronteiriça. / The borders are increasingly more present in the political agenda, speeches and news. In the meantime, the flows of financial capitals, information, products, people and vehicles between the state of Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil and Argentina offer a rich picture for academic research. The work is meant to understand the unfolding of safety, of defense and foreign trade in the city of Uruguaiana. This work questions how the control, circulation and urban structure safety systems are organized in a strategic city in the South border of Brazil, emphasizing the case of Uruguaiana’s territory. The city is located in a prime commercial location, in a triple border. It benefits from an equidistant distance from the cities of Assunção, Buenos Aires, Montevidéu and Porto Alegre. It is constituted as an important crossing corridor of goods up to Santiago and São Paulo, significant South American urban centers. In 2015, it had a transit of more than 126 thousand trucks, 2,3 million tons and US$ 8,5 billion. 1,1 million people crossed Getúlio Vargas – Agustín Pedro Justo International Bridge. The study included bibliographic research, secondary data collect and site visit (in which primary data were gathered and interviews were conducted). The interlocution with federal agencies (such as Brazil’s Federal Income Taxes and the Federal Police Department) was important for obtaining knowledge about the border reality and for gathering statistical data. Cultural and territorial differences, lack of continuity from government policies, constant changes in legislations and economic fluctuations are some of the factors that bring forth this border complexity.

A imigração aos Estados Unidos se tornou um dos maiores fenômenos globais durante o sécu-lo XX. Alguns fatores, entretanto, estariam indicando que, especialmente a partir da crise e-conômica de 2008, os fluxos migratórios ao país norte-americano poderiam estar diminuindo. Este trabalho busca analisar tal movimento recente de imigração aos Estados Unidos à luz do histórico das políticas migratórias adotadas no país, partindo da hipótese de que a aparente redução da imigração aos Estados Unidos se trata de uma questão temporária. Inicialmente, é examinado o histórico da imigração aos Estados Unidos desde os primeiros imigrantes do país até a década de 1970, em que são abordados os principais acontecimentos históricos desta fase e sua influência na imigração, com destaque às políticas migratórias adotadas no período. A seguir, analisa-se a maneira como os índices migratórios se elevaram fortemente ao final do século XX. São debatidos os motivos que levaram a este aumento e a forma como os Estados Unidos lidaram com a questão. Por fim, o trabalho aborda alguns fatores da década de 2000 que poderiam estar causando uma redução nos índices migratórios aos Estados Unidos. São eles a crise econômica de 2008; o aumento da segurança da fronteira americana com o Méxi-co; as políticas migratórias do final dos anos 2000 (com destaque à proposta da reforma do sistema migratório de Barack Obama e a lei SB 1070 do estado americano do Arizona); e as condições internas de alguns dos países de origem dos migrantes (México, América Central e Caribe, Brasil e alguns países asiáticos) e a maneira como elas afetam a imigração de nacio-nais destes países aos Estados Unidos. A análise realizada aponta que, embora tenha havido uma redução dos índices migratórios em comparação aos anos 1990, a leve tendência de que-da apresentada ao final da década de 2000 não configura um movimento permanente, mas, sim, insere-se na tradição da imigração aos Estados Unidos de apresentar diferentes fluxos de crescimento e queda ao longo de sua história. / Immigration to the United States became a major global phenomena during the twentieth cen-tury. Some factors, however, could be indicating that, especially since the 2008 economic crisis, migration flows to the North American country could be slowing. This paper analyses this recent flow of immigration to the United States in light of the history of immigration pol-icies adopted in the country, based on the assumption that the apparent reduction in immigra-tion to the United States is a temporary issue. Initially, we analyze the history of immigration to the Unites States since the country's first immigrants until the 1970s, in which we focus on the main historical events of this phase and its influence on immigration, especially migration policies adopted in this period. Next, we analyze how migration flows rose sharply at the end of the twentieth century. We debate the reasons that took to this increase and the way the United States dealt with the subject. Finally, we discuss some factors of the 2000s which could be causing a reduction in the immigration rates in the United States. They are the 2008 economic crisis; the enforcement in the security of the American border with Mexico; the migration policies of the late 2000s (particularly Barack Obama's proposed migration system reform and the SB 1070 law of the U. S. state of Arizona); and the internal condition of some of the migrants' countries of origin (Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, Brazil and some Asian countries) and the way they affect immigration from nationals of these countries to the United States. The analysis indicates that, though there has been a reduction in migra-tion flows compared to the 1990s, the slight downward trend shown by the end of the 2000s does not configure a permanent process, but rather is part of the tradition of immigration to the United States to present different flows of rises and falls of migrations throughout its his-tory.

O presente estudo parte do contexto de importância da mídia local situada em municípios de fronteira e da pauta rural como temática fundamental aos espaços fronteiriços do sul brasileiro. O interesse centra-se no modo como o rural, especialmente no que tange ao caráter econômico atualmente bastante voltado ao agronegócio, é abordado nos jornais A Plateia e Cidade, de Sant‟Ana do Livramento e Uruguaiana, respectivamente. Tais municípios caracterizam-se como importantes polos econômicos de produção agropecuária e rotas de circulação e contato do Brasil e do Rio Grande do Sul com o Mercosul, especialmente com Uruguai e Argentina. Busca-se compreender como a mídia impressa local noticia o rural, considerando principalmente os aspectos econômicos compartilhados com países vizinhos do Brasil, Uruguai e Argentina. O enfoque recai sobre as escalas espaciais de ocorrência dos acontecimentos relacionados ao rural, a presença dos países vizinhos e das referidas nacionalidades nos textos jornalísticos e as abordagens que caracterizam as notícias sobre a temática. O recorte temporal contempla o período de sete exposições e feiras agropecuárias distribuídas entre os três países, partindo especialmente da 40ª edição da Exposição Internacional de Animais, Máquinas, Implementos e Produtos Agropecuários (Expointer), realizada em Esteio, região metropolitana de Porto Alegre, no Rio Grande do Sul, entre os dias 26 de agosto e 03 de setembro de 2017. Eventos dessa natureza mobilizam os municípios da fronteira e são também espaços de interação entre os países compreendidos nos interesses do estudo. Em termos metodológicos, a dissertação configura-se num Estudo de Caso, para o qual foram acionados a Pesquisa Bibliográfica, a Pesquisa Exploratória e a Análise de Conteúdo. A análise aponta para a temática rural com abordagem predominantemente voltada para a economia, seguida de práticas culturais e o turismo rural. As características dos jornais mostram-se semelhantes em relação à delimitação local, mas distintos no que se refere à abordagem da fronteira e dos países vizinhos, Uruguai e Argentina. / The present study starts from the context of importance of the local media located in frontier municipalities and of the rural agenda as a fundamental theme to the frontier spaces of the Brazilian south. The interest is focused on the way in which the rural sector, especially with regard to the economic character currently geared to agribusiness, is approached in the newspapers A Plateia e Cidade, Sant'Ana do Livramento and Uruguaiana, respectively. These municipalities are characterized as important economic poles of agricultural production and routes of circulation and contact of Brazil and Rio Grande do Sul with Mercosur, especially with Uruguay and Argentina. It seeks to understand how the local print media reports the rural, mainly considering the economic aspects shared with neighboring countries of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The focus is on spatial scales of occurrence of rural events, the presence of neighboring countries and nationalities in journalistic texts, and the approaches that characterize news about the theme. The period includes seven exhibitions and agricultural fairs distributed among the three countries, starting from the 40th edition of the International Exhibition of Animals, Machinery, Implements and Agricultural Products (Expointer), held in Esteio, metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, in the Rio Grande do Sul, between August 26 and September 3, 2017. Events of this nature mobilize the municipalities of the border and are also spaces of interaction between countries included in the interests of the study. In methodological terms, the dissertation is set up in a Case Study, for which the Bibliographic Research, the Exploratory Research and the Content Analysis were used. The analysis points to the rural theme with a predominantly economic approach, followed by cultural practices and rural tourism. The characteristics of the newspapers are similar in relation to the local delimitation, but different in relation to the border approach and neighboring countries, Uruguay and Argentina.