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The international repercussion of Sudene and the alliance for progress: the tragedy of foreign aid

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  • Isadora Pelegrini

    (Cedeplar/FACE/UFMG)

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This paper discusses the nature of international interest in the development of the Brazilian Northeast, in the midst of a Cold War scenario and shortly after the Cuban Revolution. It indicates that Sudene’s creation in 1959 was possible mainly due to the national context of anti-communist panic, a kind of Brazilian Red Scare, established nationally because the rural working class in the Brazilian Northeast began to organize themselves in the Peasant Leagues movement. Thus, it analyzes the impact of the American Cold War propaganda and explains how Celso Furtado used anti-communist discourse to project Sudene as the salvation of the Northeast.

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  • Isadora Pelegrini, 2024. "The international repercussion of Sudene and the alliance for progress: the tragedy of foreign aid," Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG 672, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdp:texdis:td672
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    Keywords

    Sudene; Brazilian Northeast; Celso Furtado; anti-communism;
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    JEL classification:

    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • N46 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • N96 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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