Journalist Constança Cunha e Sá has died, aged 67, from cancer. She was one of the most recognized Portuguese journalists and political commentators. Born in Lisbon in 1958, she studied Philosophy and began her career in the late 1980s, standing out for her quick reasoning, fine irony and an intellectual independence widely recognized by colleagues and political opponents.
He was “a unique figure in Portuguese journalismwhose professional and human journey leaves an indelible memory in all those who had the privilege of working and depriving with her”, writes the President of the Republic already note of regret published on the Presidency website.
Passed through the first generation of the magazine Saturday and had a decisive impact on the weekly The Independentwhere she would become director. From the 2000s onwards, he became one of the most influential voices in television political analysis, particularly on TVI and TVI24, known for tough, incisive interviews and a frontal style that left no room for complacency.
Off-screen, she was an admirer of literature and classical music, genres she followed her entire life, and was remembered as someone of inexhaustible curiosity and great intellectual intensity. He died leaving a deep mark on Portuguese political journalism.
Several politicians have already reacted to the death of Constança Cunha and Sá. “Goodbye Constança”, wrote the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, in the rede social x. “Intelligent, cultured, frontal, with as much irony as demand. In her, journalistic scrupulousness was embodied. He loved life in and with all its contradictions. Human, too human for our time – the time of artificial intelligence”, recalls the minister.
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