Journalist José Roberto Guzzo, 82, died at dawn on Saturday (2), in, according to information from West magazine, of which he was the founder.
Jr Guzzo, as he signed his texts, was the victim of a heart attack, according to the publication.
He was also a columnist for the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, after decades in the Abril Group, including the VEJA and Exame magazine management. In 2020, he founded the west magazine alongside journalists Jairo Leal and Augusto Nunes, with editorial profile aligned to the right and former president ().
The foundation of the new publication occurred after a troubled resignation from Veja, where he was a columnist from 2008 to 2019. The reason alleged by him was the magazine’s refusal to publish a text with criticism of the (Supreme Court).
In the article, Guzzo defended the departure of court ministers. He used the word “calendar” as a metonymy of “time” by saying that only the calendar “can solve a problem that should never have become a problem, because its function is precisely to solve problems – the Federal Supreme Court.”
“Gilmar and his colleagues can tear the constitution every day, but they can’t escape old age,” he wrote. The text was later published on social networks.
The governor of São Paulo, (Republicans), defined Guzzo as “a journalist who marked an epoch for his courage, lucidity and non -negotiable commitment to freedom of expression.” “The country loses an intellectual reference that has never silent in the face of power,” he said.
In 2021, the fact agency to the facts rated two western reports as misinformation-one on the so-called “early treatment” against COVID-19 and another that questioned data on deforestation in the Amazon. The magazine sued the agency, claiming compensation. In 2023, the TJ-SP (São Paulo Court of Justice) denied the request.
