The republican Francisco Luís Tavares was the director of this newspaper, and after nine years, on 1 May 1920, along with the monarchist Dr. José Bruno Tavares Carreiro founded the Correio dos Açores, maintiaing a similar editorial style: It was a period of ideological confrontations within the First Republic, especially leading to the First World War, when Republicans and nationalists were divided about the direction the young democracy should follow.
Similarly, its members contributed to the Autonomy Decree of 16 February 1928, that suggested a small decentralization of services to the Junta Geral do Distrito Autónomo de Ponta Delgada.
Through its mobilization of public opinion, the paper mounted the first Azorean Congress in 1938, in order to "delineate a project of unity for the islands".
Following the Carnation Revolution, the headquarters of the paper was occupied in 1975 by its workers, who would go on to work in partnership with the newspaper.
Eventually, in 1976, the newspaper was purchased by a group of individuals that included Américo Natalino Viveiros, who become director.