An assessment of the Lula era

Cervo, Amado Luiz; Lessa, Antônio Carlos

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“…Territorial proximity, language convergence and a greater cultural similarity facilitated the option for Africa in Brazilian foreign relations. Many characteristics of Africa drove the attention of the Brazilian government, particularly from the time of Lula as president, who expanded the country's relations with Africa as part of his logic of a Logistic State (Cervo and Lessa 2010). The existence of a promising consumer market, the lack of services, the need for infrastructure and the availability of workers constitute some of the examples of aspects that motivated growing interest from the Brazilian government.…”

Section: Brazil-africa Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

COOPERAÇÃO TÉCNICA EM SEGURANÇA & DEFESA: PRESENÇA DO BRASIL NA ÁFRICA

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Migon

2017

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O presente artigo tem por finalidade revisar a dinâmica de relações entre Brasil e África, especificamente no tocante à cooperação técnica em Defesa, com ênfase nos séculos XX e XXI. Parte do entorno estratégico brasileiro, o continente africano atrai a atenção do Brasil, ao passo que vem obtendo inserção crescente na agenda de pesquisa nacional, em especial na área de Segurança & Defesa. No que concerne a essa dinâmica, cabe notar que a região fora atingida como nenhuma outra pelas transformações na economia e política mundiais, pelo que tais questões se tornaram primordiais para o continente e para o espaço sul atlântico como um todo.

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Section: Brazil-africa Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

COOPERAÇÃO TÉCNICA EM SEGURANÇA & DEFESA: PRESENÇA DO BRASIL NA ÁFRICA

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2017

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“…The issue further explored the implications of these policy choices for Brazil's evolving role in global politics, its diplomatic strategies, and its aspirations for leadership in the Global South. By offering a multifaceted analysis, the issue contributed to a nuanced understanding of the complexities and outcomes of Lula's foreign policy, thereby enriching the discourse on Brazil's position in the international arena (Cervo and Lessa 2010).…”

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RBPI and the Study of IR: Fostering a Multifaceted Platform for Global Dialogue, Debate and Academic Cooperation

Ramanzini Junior,

Lessa,

Dias

2023

Rev. bras. polít. int.

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“…Especially since 1990, Brazil's foreign policy always operated within these precedents to expand itself into an activist role, increasingly wading into debates on multilateral governance, Brazilian influence, and ultimately the omnipresent South-South cooperation, including targeting emerging economies such as India, China, and South Africa (part of the BRICS coalition that became a priority for Dilma's administration). 50…”

Section: A Brazilian Foreign Policy: a Primermentioning

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“…Complex international mediation, so told Lula, was based on the mantra that "conflicts have owners, but solutions do not." 70 This rhetoric proved powerful and easy to understand both for Brazilians and the international community. Until Dilma faced her own domestic problems in 2013, her ability to ride Lula's popularity was able to mask her deficits in these areas.…”

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The Bolsa Família and Brazilian strategic narrative in the age of Lula and Dilma

Boultinghouse¹

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This article uses the theory of strategic narrative to study the way Brazil presented its conditional cash-transfer program Bolsa Família abroad. More specifically, it studies where and how that message was received under both Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff from 2003-2014. Previous academic work on the Bolsa Familia has not addressed how it fits within the larger Brazilian foreign policy strategy of the 21 st century to increase autonomy in its international relations, especially with developing countries in the "Global South." As such, this article attempts to address this deficit by using text analysis of twenty-seven countries' Englishspeaking media coverage of the program to hypothesize that Brazil used the program as an extension of its activist foreign policy to create a larger international role for itself. The timeframe for the article begins with Lula's expansion of the program during his first term in 2003, at a time when Brazilian foreign policy shifted towards greater insertion of national autonomy into a Western-dominated international system. Whereas Lula's foreign policy worked to reignite Brazil's long-held ambitions for international relevance, Dilma's administration oversaw the end of Brazil's "ascension" moment, based on a decline in foreign investment, administrative malfeasance, a declining economy, and an abandonment of previous insertion strategies such as "activist" foreign outreach and a commitment to exerting political capital abroad. Even though the Bolsa Família remained a constant throughout both Lula and Dilma's administrations, the findings from this article suggest a change in international perception between the two leaders' administrations, giving credence to the idea that for Brazil, the figure who drives the narrative is important. From the "Global North," the American, Australian, Canadian, and English media generally trended from positive to negative sentiment between Lula and Dilma's term, while developing countries such as Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, India, and Ghana reacted gave a warmer reception to it. These findings suggest that Brazil's strategic narrative was best received by partners in the Global South, suggesting a correlation with Lula's ambitious foreign policy approach that expanded a foundation present in the Fernando Henrique Cardoso administration to attract Southern allies.

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An assessment of the Lula era

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COOPERAÇÃO TÉCNICA EM SEGURANÇA & DEFESA: PRESENÇA DO BRASIL NA ÁFRICA

COOPERAÇÃO TÉCNICA EM SEGURANÇA & DEFESA: PRESENÇA DO BRASIL NA ÁFRICA

RBPI and the Study of IR: Fostering a Multifaceted Platform for Global Dialogue, Debate and Academic Cooperation

The Bolsa Família and Brazilian strategic narrative in the age of Lula and Dilma

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