Antonio Barbosa says that the colonizer leaves the country after 1830 and the relationship has been shaken in recent decades
Antonio Barbosa, historian and professor of Brazilian History in the specialization and master’s degree at Legislative schools, said that Portugal disappears from the country’s history after the death of Dom Pedro I.
Barbosa analyzed several textbooks used in the country and stated that Portugal has not been cited for several decades. Brazil only had a greater relationship with Portugal after the middle of the 20th century.
Brazil became independent from the colonizer in 1822, 200 years ago. Dom Pedro I died in Portuguese lands as a result of tuberculosis in 1834.
From the 1980s onwards, the number of studies referring to Portugal gained strength again, he said. “This is what we are experiencing right now. The fact that Portugal is a member of the European Union offers Brazil one more opportunity to insert itself in better conditions in the global economy”.
The professor explained that the period in which D. Pedro 1º proclaimed the cry for independence on the banks of the Ipiranga River was one of great political and economic movement:
- international context – the Industrial Revolution began in England at the end of the 18th century and is already in full swing. England was a major maritime trading power. The period required a reconfiguration of the world map;
- internal context – social movements for the political emancipation of the colony begin to explode in Brazil. Some of these movements were “clearly republican”, such as the Bahian Conjuration (or Revolt of the Tailors). There was also the Inconfidência Mineira.
The topic was discussed at the “200 years of Independence Forum with integration: the decline of Portuguese royal power”. O Power 360 it’s the fiber (Forum of Integration Brazil Europe) promote the webinar.
The event was supported by PDI (Brazilian Institute of Education, Development and Research) and the Conjuration (Legal Adviser).
It is the 4th virtual seminar of a cycle of debates commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Brazil. The purpose of the webinar is to address the conditions that led to the deterioration of relations between Portugal and Brazil and the insurgency of social movements seeking the independence of the then colony.
Participate in the virtual seminar:
- Gilmar Mendes, minister of STF (Federal Court of Justice);
- Antonio Barbosa, historian, professor of History of Brazil in the specialization and master’s degree in the schools of the Legislative (Chamber and Senate) and former executive secretary of the Ministry of Education;
- Jurandir Malerba, historian and teacher at UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul); and
- Thales Zamberlan Pereira, economist and teacher at EESP-FGV (São Paulo School of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas).
Watch the seminar.
Face-to-face forum will be held in Portugal
The virtual seminars are a preparation for the “Independence Forum with integration”, which will be held in person in Portugal on the week of the 7th of September. Lisbon, Coimbra, Porto and Cascais will host, between 4 and 9 September, face-to-face meetings to discuss the future of the relationship between Brazil and Portugal after 200 years of independence from the former colony.
The events will be held from 2pm to 5pm (Brasilia time) and from 6pm to 9pm (Lisbon time). There will be transmission by channel of Power 360 on YouTube on the 7th and 8th of September. Read more about the Forum by clicking in this link.
At the 1st event, the speakers discussed the signing of the Royal Charter for the Opening of Brazilian Ports to Friendly Nations, on January 28, 1808, and how the act was decisive for the process that made Brazil independent from Portugal.
The debaters, in the 2nd webinar, discussed the context of the Portuguese royal family’s move to the country, in 1808, and reflected on the changes in the axis of power in the current world.
In the 3rd seminar, it was discussed how the presence of the Portuguese royal family in Brazil caused a radical transformation in the former colony, which was elevated to the condition of United Kingdom to Portugal and Algarve in 1815, and also the current potential in the relationship between the 2 nations. .
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