A conjuntura dos golpes militares no Cone Sul e o lugar do CIEx na construção do golpe militar chileno (1965-1973)

• Ano de defesa: 2023
• Autor(a) principal: Mendonça, Leonardo Lopes de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso; Brasil; Instituto de Geografia, História e Documentação (IGHD); UFMT CUC - Cuiabá; Programa de Pós-Graduação em História
• Palavras-chave em Português: CIEx; Ditadura militar; Golpe de Estado; Chile; Cone sul; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::HISTORIA; Military dictatorship; Coup d'etat; Southern cone
• Link de acesso: http://ri.ufmt.br/handle/1/7259

The present study analyzes the participation of the Brazilian diplomatic corps in the maintenance and strengthening of the military dictatorship and its help for the consolidation of dictatorships throughout the region. Acting through the Foreign Information Center – CIEx, Itamaraty functioned as the military regime's outpost abroad. In operation for about twenty years (1966-1986), the Center had the robust physical and bureaucratic structure inherent to the diplomatic institution. In addition to spying on the country's "enemies", CIEx contributed to the consolidation of the intelligence and information network that integrated all dictatorships in the Southern Cone. For this reason, priority was given to placing the moment (military coup in Chile) as a whole, in its movements and in conjunction with other relationships, which allowed removing the object under analysis from its apparent historical isolation, and positioning it as part of the understanding of the broad movement that permeates the concrete form of the historical conjuncture. As evidenced, anti-communist propaganda was a fundamental element in co-opting the popular masses and the CIEx, through its reports, was decisive for the construction of the narrative that alarmed an imminent communist coup. The sources analyzed showed that the Center acted to “legitimize” the disruptive actions of the Chilean Armed Forces against the government of their country, pointing out conspiratorial “indications” that, for the most part, were not based on material evidence. The documentation issued by CIEx in the period was the main source used, however, the documentation referring to the National Truth Commission was also considered. The interpretative current of the present study approaches the works Fórmula para o caos, by Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira and Como eles agiam, by Carlos Fico.