Conciliador do Maranhao (1821-1823): a newspaper in the ibero-american world

The article presents aspects related to the creation and consolidation of the newspaper O Conciliador do Maranhao (1821-1823), one of the most regular and long-lived of the Portuguese-Brazilian world. Then, identifies, from letters, extracts from other newspapers and sessions of the Portuguese Court, the spaces that deserved special attention of the newspaper, highlighting Pernambuco and the region of the Prata, that allowed the newspaper to articulate the political dynamics of the captaincy / province of Maranhao to diverse political experiences, almost always taken as a counterpoint to the defense of the Portuguese constitutional monarchy and of the groups that made possible the existence of the newspaper. In order to explore such articulations, it prioritizes the end of the year 1821 and the beginning of 1822, time of regulation and election of the Government Councils in the Province of Maranhao; and the first months of 1823, a moment of political and military advance of the project of independence conceived from Rio de Janeiro, and that had as one of the unfoldings the incorporation of the province of Maranhao to the Empire of Brazil in July, 1823.