U.S. Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship, 1964-1974

James N. Green's research analyzes the U.S. grassroots campaign against human rights abuses in Brazil during its military dictatorship. The work draws on interviews with activists and archival research from Brazil and the United States. It documents the creation of an international activist network that helped shift U.S. public opinion and policy.

Use Cases

• Analyze the structure and impact of transnational activist networks based on the description of decentralized, international grassroots movements.
• Study the evolution of human rights discourse in U.S. foreign policy based on the described shift from support to opposition regarding the Brazilian regime.
• Model information diffusion and public opinion change based on the described efforts to educate journalists, government officials, and the public.
• Examine the role of specific actor groups (academics, clergy, exiles) in political mobilization based on the description of the campaign's composition.

Strengths

• Based on primary source interviews with activists involved in the movement.
• Draws on archival research from both Brazil and the United States, providing a dual perspective.

Limitations

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Provenance

Source

James N. Green

Collection Method

Interviews with activists and archival research in Brazil and the United States.

Time Range

Focuses on the period from the 1964 coup through the 1970s.

Geography

Brazil and the United States.