{"id":911,"date":"2020-06-17T15:21:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/?p=911"},"modified":"2020-06-17T15:21:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:21:58","slug":"week-15-rousseff-obama-2016-and-its-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/en\/week-15-rousseff-obama-2016-and-its-aftermath\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 15 – Rousseff, Obama, 2016, and its Aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Obamas during a visit to Brazil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dilma during a UNASUR Summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

During Dilma Rousseff\u2019s tenure (2011-16), Brazil\u2019s foreign policy goals were largely a continuation of Lula\u2019s. However, increased domestic troubles made international engagement less of a priority for Dilma. Dealing with a stagnant economy, corruption scandals, and political turmoil, Rousseff had to dedicate more attention to domestic matters. Thus, the level and scope of Brazil\u2019s engagement in international organizations fell, and the budget of the Ministry of Foreign Relations was also slashed. Brazil continued to seek influence in international bodies and integration in South America, albeit less energetically than during Lula\u2019s tenure. During the Obama administration (2009-16), which overlapped with Dilma\u2019s for several years, while Brazil and the United States maintained friendly relations, the two countries had several small disagreements that prevented a meaningful deepening of the partnership. They disagreed over matters such as the handling of the 2008 crisis and the international response to Iran. They also had a rift over U.S. spying on Rouseff\u2019s communications. At the same time, Brazil saw its soft power diminish as its domestic troubles mounted. Therefore, in 2016, at the time of Trump\u2019s election and Dilma\u2019s impeachment, it was not clear what the future of U.S.-Brazil relations would look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

David R. Mares and Harold A. Trinkunas, \u201cSelling Brazil\u2019s Rise: Brazilian Foreign Policy from Cardoso to Rouseff\u201d | English<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Hakim, \u201cThe Future of US-Brazil Relations: Confrontation, Cooperation, or Detachment?\u201d | English<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leituras<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portuguese Equivalents:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cristina Soreanu Pecequilo, \u201cAs Rela\u00e7\u00f5es Bilaterais Brasil-Estados Unidos no Governo Dilma Rousseff, 2011-2014\u201d | Portugu\u00eas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


 Amado Luiz Cervo, Ant\u00f4nio Carlos Lessa, \u201cO Decl\u00ednio: Inser\u00e7\u00e3o Internacional do Brasil (2011-2014) | Portugu\u00eas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Document:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remarks by President Obama and President Rouseff of Brazil in Joint Press Conference, 2015 | Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During Dilma Rousseff\u2019s tenure (2011-16), Brazil\u2019s foreign policy goals were largely a continuation of Lula\u2019s. However, increased domestic troubles made international engagement less of a priority for Dilma. Dealing with a stagnant economy, corruption scandals, and political turmoil, Rousseff had to dedicate more attention to domestic matters. Thus, the level and scope of Brazil\u2019s engagement … Week 15 – Rousseff, Obama, 2016, and its Aftermath<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911","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=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions\/989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/openingthearchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}