América Latina e a Guerra Fria

Autores

  • Renato Ferreira Ribeiro Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • Natali Francine Cinelli Moreira Universidade de São Paulo (USP) e King’s College London (KCL)
  • Alessandra Beber Castilho Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14244/agenda.2024.1.0

Resumo

In the last decades, there has been considerable growth in the number of studies using the Cold War conceptual framework to explain contemporary historical phenomena in Latin America. Building on seminal works such as Espejos de la Guerra Fría (Spenser, 2004), In From the Cold (Joseph; Spenser, 2008), The Last Colonial Massacre (Grandin, 2004), and Guatemala y la Guerra Fría en América Latina (Ferreira, 2010), the study of Latin America’s Cold War has undergone a profound transformation, moving beyond traditional narratives of superpower proxy conflicts to reveal a far more complex historical landscape (Harmer, 2014; Marchesi, 2017; Pettinà, 2018). Despite the fact that most of the historiography on the subject has been written by non-Latin American scholars, research and centers in Latin America have gained increasing prominence. There is also a growing movement to value Latin American research traditions that predate the current historiographical wave. These earlier traditions often did not employ the “Cold War” category; instead, other ways of conceptualizing the period emerged, such as “historia reciente” or “historia del tiempo presente” studies, especially in the Southern Cone countries. The recent La Guerra Fría Latinoamericana y sus historiografías (Pettinà, 2023a) serves as a crucial milestone in reasserting the pivotal role of Latin American academia within the field.

Biografia do Autor

Renato Ferreira Ribeiro , Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of International Relations, University of São Paulo (IRI-USP), where he currently conducts research on developmentalist elites in Brazilian diplomacy during the Cold War, funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). His research focuses on Brazilian foreign policy, inter-American relations, and Latin America’s Cold War. He is co-coordinator of the Cold War Research Group, part of the Laboratory for Studies on Brazil and the World System (LabMundi, IRI/FFLCH-USP).

Natali Francine Cinelli Moreira , Universidade de São Paulo (USP) e King’s College London (KCL)

PhD candidate in International Relations in the joint doctoral program between the University of São Paulo (IRI-USP) and King's College London, funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). She held a research fellowship at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva during 2021-2022, supported by a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship. She is co-coordinator of the Cold War Research Group, part of the Laboratory for Studies on Brazil and the World System (LabMundi, IRI/FFLCH-USP).

Alessandra Beber Castilho, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)

PhD in International Relations from the joint PhD program between the University of São Paulo (IRI-USP) and King’s College London (KCL). She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), funded by the Goiás Research Foundation (FAPEG) from 2023 to 2025. She is a member of the Cold War Research Group, part of the Laboratory for Studies on Brazil and the World System (Labmundi) at IRI/FFLCH-USP.

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2025-08-22

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RIBEIRO , Renato Ferreira; MOREIRA , Natali Francine Cinelli; CASTILHO, Alessandra Beber. América Latina e a Guerra Fria . Revista Agenda Política, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 1, p. 6–16, 2025. DOI: 10.14244/agenda.2024.1.0. Disponível em: https://www.agendapolitica.ufscar.br/index.php/agendapolitica/article/view/1287. Acesso em: 24 ago. 2025.

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