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Brazil's Rapprochement with Cuba: The Process and the Prospect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Olga Nazario
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The Policy of “Responsible Pragmatism,” initiated in 1974 by President Ernesto Geisel, ended Brazil's automatic alignment with the United States and sought out non-ideological ties with Third World and socialist countries instead. This change in policy led Brazil to recognize both the People's Republic of China (in 1974) and the Republic of Angola (in 1975) as well as to improve links with other socialist nations. Resumption of relations with Cuba, however, was rejected by the military regime on grounds that the socialist island did not offer either the energy resources or substantial markets needed by Brazil, two considerations which had gone far to ease the concern of military hardliners over ideological issues.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , Fall 1986 , pp. 67 - 86
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Copyright © University of Miami 1986

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