REACHING OUT TO THE SOUTH:

NEW DYNAMISM IN BRAZIL-AFRICA

RELATIONS

Zsolt MÉSZÁROSEötvös Loránd Science University - Faculty of

Humanities, Department of Contemporary World History, Budapest, Hungary

1501 - 1961• 1538 – 1888: Slave trade (3 m Africans)• 1822: Brazilian-Angolan Empire

• 1942: Allied (Monte Cassino)• 1961: Independent Foreign Policy (PEI - Politica Externa

Independente)

1964 - 1985• Military government responsible pragmatism

(E. Geisel), Angola, SATO• 1973: Oil Crisis (Nigeria, Algeria, Angola)• 1982: Falklands ZPCAS

1985 – 2003

• José Sarney– International Institute of the Portuguese Language

(IIPL)– Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPSC)– UNAVEM I, UNAVEM II, UNAVEM III

• 1990s: cultural expansion– soap operas and Pentecostal Churches

• F.H. Cardoso– asymmetric globalization– 2000 Dec.: Nelson Mandela IBSA

2003 - today• MULTILATERALISMS– more active and affirmative diplomacy

(Visentini)– Spokesperson for the South: G-7, G-8, G-20,

G-90• MINILATERALISMS– G-3 (IBSA), G-4, ASA, Abuja Declaration– BRICS, BASIC

• NEW APPROACH TO AFRICA– African University in the city of Redenção, Rio

Branco Institute, Yoruba cultural heritage

Praises / criticisms

+ -Long-term vision „Custo África”

South-South solidarity Prestige diplomacy

Export-import diversification Soft imperialism

Diplomatic masterpiece Spaghetti-bowl

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION!

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