Aristides Lobo
Aristides Lobo | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 12, 1838 |
| Died | July 23, 1896 (aged 58) |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Law of Recife |
Aristides da Silveira Lobo (February 12, 1838 – July 23, 1896) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, and journalist. An advocate of both the abolitionist and the republican causes, he served as federal deputy from 1864 to 1870 and as senator from 1892 to 1896, as well as Minister of the Interior from 1889 to 1890.
Biography
Born in Cruz do Espírito Santo on a sugar plantation, the grandson of Francisco José da Silveira, a revolutionary sentenced to death in the Pernambucan revolution,[1] and the son of politician Manuel Lobo de Miranda Henriques (pt), Lobo spent his childhood in the state of Alagoas and completed his secondary education at the Colégio da Paraíba. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Recife.[2][3]
Lobo worked as a public prosecutor and as a judge before initiating his political career as a federal deputy for Alagoas, running with the Liberal Party. In 1870, Lobo, together with friends Salvador de Mendonça and Lafayette Coutinho, founded the newspaper A República. That same year, along with other radical dissidents of the Liberal Party, he signed the Republican Manifesto (pt), which urged for the dethroning of the Monarchy.[4]
As a journalist, Lobo became a fervent propagandist of the republican movement. He was directly involved with planning the coup d'état that deposed emperor Pedro II.[5] Lobo's account of the event, published on November 18 in the newspaper Diário Popular, would become emblematic[6][7]
The people witnessed (the Proclamation) bewildered, astonished, surprised, without comprehending what it meant. Many believed they were watching a parade.
Following the establishment of the Republic, Lobo was appointed Minister of the Interior, but soon left office due to disagreements with president Deodoro da Fonseca. As a federal deputy, he participated in the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution of 1891.[8]
He translated Rabelais' Gargantua into Portuguese.[9]
References
- ^ Castro, Oscar Oliveira (1955). Vultos da Paraíba. Departamento de Imprensa Nacional.
- ^ "Biografia do(a) Deputado(a) Federal ARISTIDES LOBO". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ Pinto, Surama. "LOBO, Aristides" (PDF). Centre for Research and Documentation of Contemporary History of Brazil, Foundation Getulio Vargas (FGV).
- ^ Leite, Aureliano (1971-01-01). "O manifesto de 1870 e os paulistas". Revista da Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 66: 349–366. ISSN 2318-8235.
- ^ "Aristides Lobo". mapa.an.gov.br. Archived from the original on 2025-06-24. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ Westin, Ricardo (2021-02-14). "Há 130 anos, 1ª Constituinte teve queixas da Igreja e ausência do povo". Poder360 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ Azedo, Luiz Carlos (2020-06-21). "Nas entrelinhas: Aposta do fracasso". Luiz Carlos Azedo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ "Constituição de 1891- Há 130 anos, 1ª Constituinte da República teve queixas da Igreja e ausência do povo". Senado Federal (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-02-16.
- ^ Mendes, Leonardo; Moreira, Aline (2019-06-19). "Rabelais e a imaginação licenciosa no Brasil oitocentista". REVELL - REVISTA DE ESTUDOS LITERÁRIOS DA UEMS (in Portuguese). 1 (21): 137–159. ISSN 2179-4456.