A privatização da Vale do Rio Doce através da imprensa maranhense: redimensionado o ensino de história na rede básica de educação no Maranhão

Abstract

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce was created in 1942 with the purpose of extracting ore to supply the war industry. In the following decades it became the largest mining company in the world. A state-owned company that became private in 1997. This work aims to narrow the research and teaching with the use of newspapers Estado do Maranhão and Jornal Pequeno, as pedagogical strategies, on the privatization of CVRD, occurred on May 6, 1997 However, we will present some very important themes such as the implementation of neoliberalism in developed countries of capitalism and later in Brazil, which triggered several privatizations, especially that of Vale. With focus on the trajectory of the Sarney oligarchy, from its origin until the first term of Governor Roseana Sarney (1995-1998). Theoretically, this work is based on the formulations of the Italian philosopher Antônio Gramsci, using concepts such as: Expanded State, Restricted State, Coercion, Political Society, Civil Society, Private Hegemony Apparatus and Parties, to better understand the position of the newspapers on the privatization of a large Brazilian state, such as a project of the ruling class