O Brasil e o Mundo: a política externa e suas fases

Abstract

Brazilian foreign policy during five centuries was characterized by tree main periods: from 1494 (before discovery) until the beginning of the XXth century, it was turned to the consolidation of its territorial space and, progressively, of the National State, from 1902 to 1961, it was characterized by the "unwritten alliance" with the US and the hemisferic insertion, from 1961 onwards, it faces the needs of economic devellopment on global and multilateral standards.Brazilian foreign policy during five centuries was characterized by tree main periods: from 1494 (before discovery) until the beginning of the XXth century, it was turned to the consolidation of its territorial space and, progressively, of the National State, from 1902 to 1961, it was characterized by the "unwritten alliance" with the US and the hemisferic insertion, from 1961 onwards, it faces the needs of economic devellopment on global and multilateral standards