Change everything so that nothing changes»: Right Regimes and Diplomacy in Brazil in the 20th Century

• Published in: Latinoamerikanskij istoričeskij alʹmanah Vol. 29; pp. 109 - 125
• Main Author: Caio Henrique, Dias Duarte
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 28-03-2021
• ISSN: 2305-8773; 2713-0282
• DOI: 10.32608/2305-8773-2021-29-1-109-125

In this article we will make a comparison between the political regimes and the diplomacy of Brazil in two periods of the 20th century: the final years of the period of the Liberal Republic, in the Goulart Government (1961-1964) and under the Military Dictatorship, with a special focus on the distension under the Geisel Government (1974-1979). We focus on the political organization of these periods, which can be considered crisis or transition periods, and in the same way, the continuities in their diplomatic contributions. Looking at the internal crises, it will discuss legal aspects of the two periods, such as the defective construction of parliamentarism and the Institutional Acts of the dictatorship. The comparison of internal and external politics will seek to demonstrate the similarities between the external objectives of the two governments despite their differences in regime and ideological orientation, addressing the Independent External Policy of parliamentarism under Goulart and Responsible and Ecumenical Pragmatism under Geisel dictatorial rule.