From coup d’état to World Cup
Brazil’s achievements and challenges 50 years after the military coup
Open seminar with researchers from Brazil, USA and Norway
On April 1st 1964 Brazil’s President João Goulart was overthrown in a Coup d’état by the armed forces with support from the United States. This was the start of a 21-year long military dictatorship. At the 50th commemoration of the coup, Brazil is widely celebrated as a consolidated democracy and prepares to host the world’s largest sporting events. However, there are also signs that Brazil has not entirely put its turbulent past behind.
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Programme:
08:30 Coffee/registration
08:45 Introduction/welcome
09:00 THE COUP AND ITS LEGACIES IN BRAZIL’S POLITICAL SYSTEM
Fabiano Guilherme Santos
Professor Institute for Social and Political Studies, State University of Rio de Janeiro
10:00 THE LEGACY OF THE DICTATORSHIP ON BRAZIL’S ECONOMIC MODEL
Yuri Kasahara
Senior Researcher, NIBR
10:30 BRAZIL’S TRUTH COMMISSIONS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Nora Sveaas
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
11:00 Coffee/refreshments
11:30 30 A POST-DICTATORSHIP GENERATION? THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DICTATORSHIP FOR THE CURRENT BRAZILIAN POLITICAL LEADERS
Torkjell Leira
Advisor, University of Oslo
12:00 PROTESTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 50 YEARS AFTER THE COUP
Einar Braathen
Senior Researcher, NIBR
12:30 AUTHORITARIAN LEGACIES, DEMOCRACY AND POPULAR RESISTANCE IN THE BRAZILIAN COUNTRYSIDE
Miguel Carter
Research Fellow, American University
13:00 Round-up panel
13:30 END