About the Speaker
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Fernão
Lara Mesquita
Brazilian journalist
Fernão Lara Mesquita is a Brazilian journalist with more than 30 years of experience in the field. He was a member of the board of directors of Grupo Estado, which publishes the daily newspapers O Estado de S. Paulo and Jornal da Tarde. Grupo Estado also controls a radio network and Agência Estado, the largest news agency in Brazil. Mesquita is the former director of the opinion page and is a journalist for O Estado de S. Paulo, a newspaper that has repeatedly faced censorship by the Brazilian government.