Motivations versus performance: Brazil in Portuguese foreign policy (1976-2007)

Abstract

The aim of this article is to examine Brazil's position in Portuguese foreign policy preference, focusing on the principle directions of Portuguese foreign policy since April 25th 1974. It focuses on government programs, official visits to Brazil, Portuguese investment in Brazil and the impact of Brazilian immigration on Portugal. Thus, in spite of the transformations required by Portugal's democratization, it will try to show that Portugal's relation with Brazil has subsisted even though it has been with more emphasis on rhetoric and symbolism than consistent practice.

Portuguese foreign policy; Brazil; luso-brazilian relations