United States intervention in the local policy of Pernambuco through the alliance for progress education agreement (1961-1964)
This paper analyzes the political use of Education made by the United States, through the Alliance for Progress, to interfere in the politics of the state of Pernambuco. This was done by signing an Education agreement with Governor Cid Sampaio (UDN), with the aim of favoring his government and inter...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE) |
| Repositorio: | Cadernos de Pós-Graduação (São Paulo. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.uninove.br:article/20074 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.uninove.br/cadernosdepos/article/view/20074 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | alliance for progress Brazil and United States cold war Pernambuco education aliança para o progresso Brasil e Estados Unidos guerra fria educação |
| Sumario: | This paper analyzes the political use of Education made by the United States, through the Alliance for Progress, to interfere in the politics of the state of Pernambuco. This was done by signing an Education agreement with Governor Cid Sampaio (UDN), with the aim of favoring his government and interfering in the 1962 state elections. Reports at the time led the United States to believe that the Northeast region and Pernambuco, specifically, were dangerous places due to poverty and the political and social forces that vied for power. Influenced by the Cuban Revolution (1959), the Kennedy administration (1961-1963) launched the Alliance for Progress, an economic aid program to develop Latin America, support democratic regimes, and promote the improvement of the population's quality of life, against communist subversion. In the eyes of the United States, the elections for the government of the state of Pernambuco between João Cleofas (UDN) and Miguel Arraes (PST) metaphorized a conflict between freedom and communism, respectively. After the victory of Arraes, the United States began to make it difficult to pay the funds of the education agreement and very little was actually done, besides political propaganda. |
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