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Brazilian-Argentine Relations in the 1980s: From Wary Rivalry to Friendly Competition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Wayne A. Selcher*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science at Elizabethtown College (Pennsylvania)

Extract

Events Since 1979 have steadily softened the long-dominant tone of rivalry in Brazilian-Argentine relations; and the two countries have established mutual levels of confidence, and institutional mechanisms, sufficient to support increased degrees of cooperation. The mutual understanding, formally confirmed during a landmark visit, in May 1980, by Brazilian President Joâo Figueiredo to Argentine President Jorge Videla, in Buenos Aires, is attributable to the pragmatic perception, in both capitals, that accumulated, but unaddressed, small grievances could mount into major, unnecessary points of attrition capable of sapping more important efforts.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1985

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