Wladimir Ventura Torres Pomar (14 July 1936 – 9 June 2023) was a Brazilian writer, journalist and political activist.
[1] A Communist Party militant since young age and a leading figure in the student movement and in the metalworkers' trade union,[1][2] he lived in clandestinity for several years,[1][2][3] and he was arrested twice, in 1964 in a protest against the dictatorship and in 1976 in the military operation that led to the killing of his father.
[3] Released from prison in 1979,[2][3] in the early 1980s Pomar joined the Workers' Party, and in 1989 he coordinated the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's presidential campaign.
[1][2][3][4] As a writer, he authored about 20 books, mainly focusing on the history of Brasil and the economic development of China.
[1][2][4] He also collaborated as an editor and a columnist with numerous publications, including Tribuna Popular, Classe Operária, Movimento, Correio Agropecuário, Brasil Extra, Correio da Cidadania and Teoria e Debate.