Política externa e autonomia: uma análise sobre as relações Brasil - Estados Unidos durante o período militar (1964-1985)

Abstract

Relations between Brazil and the United States are part of a special chapter in Brazilian international relations. The long period in which the USA occupied a central position in Brazil’s foreign relations justify the vast literature produced on the subject, thus confirming it’s importance in the academia. The present study analyses the bilateral relations between the countries in the period of the military governments in Brazil (1964-1985). The overview of the diplomacy enables the perception that Brazil’s position regarding the US ranged between moments identified with alignment and moments marked by a considerable degree of autonomy. The effort in this work is to define if, during the military regime, Brazil’s foreign police happened to be closer to the idea of alignment or to autonomy regarding the US. In order to achieve this, the study provides the relations between the countries on the governments that proceeded the military period, covering from the Proclamation of the Republic (1889) to the fall of João Goulart’s government (1964). Dedicates also a chapter to the study of concepts considered intrinsic to the main topic: change in foreign policy, developmentalism, autonomy and alignment.