Nostalgia for the Military: Requests for a return of the Armed Forces to power in Brazil

The article discusses the requests for intervention by the Armed Forces within the context of the right-wing protests in Brazil in 2015. Therefore, data available from surveys conducted with protesters in the state capitals of the Southeast region are mainly used. The considerations in the article a...

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Main Author: Vitor DE ANGELO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Salamanca 2018-08-01
Series:Revista de Estudios Brasileños
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Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/2386-4540/article/view/19924
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description The article discusses the requests for intervention by the Armed Forces within the context of the right-wing protests in Brazil in 2015. Therefore, data available from surveys conducted with protesters in the state capitals of the Southeast region are mainly used. The considerations in the article are organized around two points. On the one hand, a reflection is made about the construction of a positive memory about the period of dictatorship. From this perspective, the years between 1964-1985 could be seen as a period whose inheritance, lost in the present, could only be reestablished by the same political actors who left such a legacy - in this case, the military. On the other hand, we also consider the salvationist role of the Armed Forces. From this point of view, the military could be considered the only ones capable of solving the problems created or fostered exclusively or almost exclusively by the political elite in power.
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spelling doaj.art-3e06967059e94c2cabbad6bcaf9d59aa2022-12-22T01:18:18ZengUniversidad de SalamancaRevista de Estudios Brasileños2386-45402018-08-015109310510.14201/reb20185109310516791Nostalgia for the Military: Requests for a return of the Armed Forces to power in BrazilVitor DE ANGELO0Universidade Vila VelhaThe article discusses the requests for intervention by the Armed Forces within the context of the right-wing protests in Brazil in 2015. Therefore, data available from surveys conducted with protesters in the state capitals of the Southeast region are mainly used. The considerations in the article are organized around two points. On the one hand, a reflection is made about the construction of a positive memory about the period of dictatorship. From this perspective, the years between 1964-1985 could be seen as a period whose inheritance, lost in the present, could only be reestablished by the same political actors who left such a legacy - in this case, the military. On the other hand, we also consider the salvationist role of the Armed Forces. From this point of view, the military could be considered the only ones capable of solving the problems created or fostered exclusively or almost exclusively by the political elite in power.https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/2386-4540/article/view/19924dilma rousseffprotestasfuerzas armadasdictaduramemoria
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Nostalgia for the Military: Requests for a return of the Armed Forces to power in Brazil
Revista de Estudios Brasileños
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fuerzas armadas
dictadura
memoria
title Nostalgia for the Military: Requests for a return of the Armed Forces to power in Brazil
title_full Nostalgia for the Military: Requests for a return of the Armed Forces to power in Brazil
title_fullStr Nostalgia for the Military: Requests for a return of the Armed Forces to power in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Nostalgia for the Military: Requests for a return of the Armed Forces to power in Brazil
title_short Nostalgia for the Military: Requests for a return of the Armed Forces to power in Brazil
title_sort nostalgia for the military requests for a return of the armed forces to power in brazil
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