Abstract
In January the, leading Brazilian newspaper, O Estado de São Paulo, celebrated its centenary, on which occasion it received a welcome ‘birthday present’ from the authorities, who announced that the paper would no longer be subject to censorship. Unfortunately, this benevolent treatment does not appear to have been extended to other Brazilian newspapers, as is shown in the letter received in May 1975 by all the subscribers of the weekly Opiniao, which has been plagued by censorship ever since its inauguration three years ago.