Cuba: A ultima fronteira das Américas e sua inserção na Aladi com apoio da diplomacia brasileira

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The aim of this work is to characterize the Cuban Nation as the last frontier of the Americas, having as the investigational foundation the timeline trajectory started before the Cuban Revolution, passing through Fidel Castro s positioning in regards to the United States of America and to the Global Market for the development of the Cuban Nation after the Revolution, in alignment with the former USSR, until the present moment.

We point out the important highlights of this process beginning with the strategic decision of Land Reform established by Fidel Castro on May 17th, 1959; the economic embargo imposed by the United States over Cuba from the 1960s; the invasion of the Bay of Pigs approved by the CIA; the exclusion of Cuba from the Organization of American States (OAS); the Missiles Crisis and the USSR in 1962; the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the worst Cuban crisis under the effect of the Torricelli and Helms Burton Laws.

Three moments could be pointed out in regards to the relationship between Brazil and Cuba: first, one prior to the Brazilian Revolution of 1964 characterized by a good diplomatic understanding between both countries; second, the breaking up of the relationship between the two countries for 22 years under the military regime, and, third, the one starting in 1986 with the reestablishment of diplomatic ties under Jose Sarney s Presidency, which remains until the present day.

An important highlight in this diplomacy could be identified in the speech given by the Brazilian Ambassador Luiz Felipe Lampreia in 1998 giving support to Cuba s participation in the Latin America Integration Association ALADI.