Bastidores da política externa brasileira (1930-1945). Getúlio Vargas e seus informantes

Abstract

The historiography of Getúlio Vargas' foreign policy between 1930 and 1945 has already explored the chronological reconstruction of events, presidential diplomacy, the president's strategies and the actions of certain ministers of foreign affairs. What this thesis does in this area is to present the performance of Vargas's informants in the decision-making process regarding foreign policy, identifying that Getúlio managed and encouraged the activity of closer actors, even without any awareness of his ministers, building a network of informants that was essential for his decisions in the most diverse contexts of international relations. The investigation into this network of informants, made up of journalists, diplomats and politicians, sheds light on the political relations between Vargas and his ministers and on Brazilian foreign policy for the period.