O Plano Trienal no contexto das relações entre Brasil e Estados Unidos (1962-1963)

Abstract

o plano Trienal no contexto das relações entre Brasil e estados unidos (1962)(1963) feLipe pereirA Loureiro* The Three-Year Plan in the context of the US-Brazilian relations (1962)(1963). The paper analyses the US-Brazilian relations during the formulation and implementation of the Three-Year Plan by the government of João Goulart. The evidence suggests the limited economic assistance offered by the United States to Brazil, driven by political causes, played a major role in the Three-Year Plan's demise. It is argued that Goulart's links with the radical left, particularly with groups seen as communists by Washington, was the main reason behind US decision of blocking resources. The conclusions are relevant because scholars have emphasized domestic reasons only to explain the failure of the Three-Year Plan.

Friends or foes? Brazil, the IMF and the World Bank, 1961–1967

“…Brazil signed its first SBA in July 1958, during the presidency of Kubitschek. The second SBA, worth US$160 million, was signed in May 1961, by President Quadros (Amicci 2012; Loureiro 2013, 2014). 2 Two months later, due to Brazil's non-compliance with the terms of the agreement, the IMF unilaterally interrupted the SBA.…”

“…In February 1963, Brazil's government was at risk of defaulting on its foreign debt payments. In mid March 1963, minister of finance San Tiago Dantas travelled to Washington to negotiate a US aid package in what scholars recognised as Brazil's ‘last chance to save democracy’ (Loureiro 2013). Dantas requested an ambitious package totalling US$839.7 million.…”