{"id":749,"date":"2020-06-17T14:43:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T14:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/?p=749"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:12:36","slug":"week-8-goulart-gordon-and-the-1964-coup-detat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/en\/week-8-goulart-gordon-and-the-1964-coup-detat\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8 – Goulart, Gordon, and the 1964 Coup d’\u00c9tat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Robert Kennedy during visit to Brazil<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jo\u00e3o Goulart<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kennedy presidency, along with Brazil\u2019s Janio Quadros, brought about hopes for renewed synergy between the two governments. Kennedy seemed much more open to providing Brazil with government-to-government aid, and the Quadros administration seemed more open to making the austerity reforms long championed by the United States. It seemed that Kubitschek\u2019s \u201cPan American\u201d ideals were on the verge of becoming reality. Yet, once again, the \u201cspecial relationship\u201d didn\u2019t materialize. Brazil increasingly asserted its independence in international affairs, seeking to reopen relations with Eastern European nations such as Hungary. The U.S. grew increasingly distrustful of the Brazilian Government, especially after Goulart was elevated to President. Additionally, American officials started acting in the interest of U.S. Business leaders, as opposed to creating a coherent course of action in Brazil. Cold War calculations, rather than economic partnership, quickly became a priority for the Kennedy administration. This led to U.S. support of western-alligned candidates in Brazilian elections, as well as intelligence support for the 1964 Coup. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Readings:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth Leacock,  \u201cJFK, Business, and Brazil\u201d | <\/span>English<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Weis, \u201cThe Twilight of Pan-Americanism: The Alliance for Progress, Neocolonialism, and Non-Alignment in Brazil, 1961-1964\u201d | English<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documents:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00e2nio Quadros, \u201cBrazil\u2019s New Foreign Policy\u201d | <\/span>English<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert Kennedy during visit to Brazil Jo\u00e3o Goulart The Kennedy presidency, along with Brazil\u2019s Janio Quadros, brought about hopes for renewed synergy between the two governments. Kennedy seemed much more open to providing Brazil with government-to-government aid, and the Quadros administration seemed more open to making the austerity reforms long championed by the United States. … Week 8 – Goulart, Gordon, and the 1964 Coup d’\u00c9tat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1157,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/1157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}