A former senator renowned as one of Brazil's leading intellectuals died of heart disease in Copacabana, south of Rio, Friday.
The 72-year-old Paulo Alberto Moretzsohn Monteiro de Barros, who worked as a journalist and is the author of 23 books, started his political career in 1960.
His political rights were deprived when Brazil was ruled by military dictatorship in 1964-1985.
Back from exile, he adopted the pseudonym of "Artur da Tavola,"a reference to King Arthur, and resumed his career as a journalist.
He served as a federal deputy from 1987 to 1995 and participated in the constituent assembly in 1988. In 1994 he was elected senator and took a seat in the Federal Senate until 2002.
De Barros was also the founder of the opposition's Brazilian Social Democracy Party, which governed Brazil during 1995-2002.
In 1999 he decided to leave the party and claimed that the government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, another founder of the party, had abandoned social-democracy principles for conservative policies.
Source: Xinhua
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