Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Founder(s) |
Miguel Esteves Cardoso Paulo Portas |
Publisher | Recoletos |
Founded | May 1988 |
Political alignment | Rightwing, conservative |
Language | Portuguese |
Ceased publication | 1 September 2006 |
Headquarters | Lisbon |
O Independente ( Portuguese for The Independent) was a Portuguese weekly newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal, between 1988 and 2006. [1]
O Independente was first published in May 1988 [2] [3] by Miguel Esteves Cardoso, who became its first editor, and Paulo Portas, [4] who succeeded him in 1990 and served until 1995 when he left to run for office as a conservative politician. [5]
O Independente was published by Recoletos weekly [1] [6] on Fridays. Its headquarters was in Lisbon. [7] The paper had a rightwing, conservative stance and a Eurosceptic discourse. [4]
The last edition of O Independente was published on 1 September 2006. [2] [4]