Anti-communism, Democracy and Geopolitics by Pinochet

Authors

  • Ricardo Antonio Souza Mendes Professor Adjunto de História da América da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), pesquisador do Núcleo de Estudos das Américas (NUCLEAS) e afiliado à ANPHLAC (Associação Nacional dos Pesquisadores e Professores em História das Américas)

Abstract

This article intend to analyze one of the first works of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, entitled Ensayo sobre um estúdio preliminar de uma geopolítica de Chile en el año de 1965. Character who embodies the Chilean civil-military dictatorship itself, Pinochet was a professor of the Academy of War during the 1960s. This work, resulting from the compilation of notes drawn from his classes, already shows a series of considerations about the growing popular mobilization. Questioning the possibility of democracy as a political system that would enable the State the necessary tools to contain the “communist expansion”, Pinochet suggests that the concept of democracy should be modernized, the State should develop a policy to curb excesses from abroad and convoke the Chilean ruling class to create a retaining wall against the spread of communism. All proposals were made even during the government of Eduardo Frei, the time of writing his Ensayo.

Key words: anti-communism, military regimes, Pinochet.

Author Biography

Ricardo Antonio Souza Mendes, Professor Adjunto de História da América da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), pesquisador do Núcleo de Estudos das Américas (NUCLEAS) e afiliado à ANPHLAC (Associação Nacional dos Pesquisadores e Professores em História das Américas)

Possuo mestrado em História Social pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1996) e doutorado em História pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (2003), tendo desenvolvido projeto de Pós-Doutorado pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro com financiamento da FAPERJ. Sou Professor-Adjunto de História da América na UERJ e estou vinculado ao Núcleo de Estudos das Américas da mesma instituição. Atualmente desenvolvo trabalhos de pesquisa cujos temas são a memória filmográfica sobre os regimes civil-militares na América Latina e as imagens da imprensa conservadora latino-americana sobre a Revolução Cubana. Atuo principalmente nos seguintes temas: direitas, regimes militares, América Latina, Cinema e Memória.

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Published

2012-04-09

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2012): January/April

Section

Dossiê: O Chile de Allende e Pinochet: memória e historiografia

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