Wladimir Ventura Torres Pomar (14 July 1936 – 9 June 2023) was a Brazilian writer, journalist and political activist.

Life and career

Born in

Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of B ...

, Pomar was the son of the

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founder , who was killed by the military regime in 1976. A Communist Party militant since young age and a leading figure in the student movement and in the metalworkers' trade union, he lived in clandestinity for several years, and he was arrested twice, in 1964 in a protest against the dictatorship and in 1976 in the military operation that led to the killing of his father. Released from prison in 1979, in the early 1980s Pomar joined the

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, and in 1989 he coordinated the

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known Mononym, mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and former metalworker who has served as the 39th president of Brazil since 2023. A mem ...

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. As a writer, he authored about 20 books, mainly focusing on the history of Brasil and the economic development of China. He also collaborated as an editor and a columnist with numerous publications, including ''Tribuna Popular'', ''Classe Operária'', ''Movimento'', ''Correio Agropecuário'', ''Brasil Extra'', ''Correio da Cidadania'' and ''Teoria e Debate''. Pomar died of complications from

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on 9 June 2023, at the age of 86.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pomar, Wladimir 1936 births 2023 deaths Brazilian essayists Brazilian journalists Communist Party of Brazil politicians Workers' Party (Brazil) politicians Brazilian political writers Brazilian activists People from Belém