The Brazilian Foreign Policy safeguarding the independence and consolidation of the Surinamese State (1975-1985)

Exercising Regional Protagonism

Abstract

Brazil concretized relations with Suriname in the early 1970s, as a result of the expansion of our foreign policy in that stage of the military regime. A relationship that increased in importance since 1975, with the political separation of Suriname from the Netherlands, and the military coup of 1980, which provoked in Brazilian diplomacy the key role of exchanging economic and political aid by removal of socialist ideology and the presence of Cuba. In this article, I analyze the dispatches recently made available for consultation that the foreign ministers presented to their respective presidential generals, with the purpose of reflecting on the Brazilian presence in the decisive years of Surinamese history. My hypothesis is that, in addition to the context of the government established in February 1980, which has already been relatively well studied in historiography, Brazil has previously played a role as guarantor and legitimizer of the Surinamese State.

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November 2, 2025
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