Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (Mar 2020)
Gagarin in Brazil: reassessing the terms of the Cold War domestic political debate in 1961
Abstract
Abstract This article argues that the visit of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to Brazil in 1961 illustrated a change in the perception of part of the Brazilian political elites about the USSR. It analyses how the shift of the Soviet self-representation abroad affected the image of the USSR in Brazil and, consequently, the terms of the domestic debate regarding the Cold War.
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