Would be the Hileia a low cost arena on the Cold War's logic of power? the case of the Amazon Great Lakes (1964-1968)

Authors

  • Fábio Albergaria Queiroz Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/o.v14iEspecial.30416

Keywords:

Hileia, Brazil, Hudson Institute, Cold War

Abstract

This article examines an underexplored episode of the Brazilian history in the context of the Cold War: the role of the Hudson Institute in South America and the proposal to create a large lacustrine system in the region. From the analysis of official documents and literary registers, some of them little known from the public, we attempted to identify the existence of a relationship between the aforementioned project and the bipolar systemic agenda and also the role of Brazil in this paradigmatic moment of the contemporary history. Evidences did not allow us to point out a clear relationship between the Amazon Great Lakes Project and the dynamics of the Cold War, even though they have shown that such an enterprise, if carried out, could make the Hileia a low cost arena for the defense of U.S. interests in the Cold War's game of power.

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Author Biography

Fábio Albergaria Queiroz, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF

Doutor em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade de Brasília (IREL/UnB) e professor no curso de Relações Internacionais da Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). Esse artigo é resultado das pesquisas desenvolvidas pelo autor no Programa de Estágio pós-doutoral do Instituto de Relações Internacionais da Universidade de Brasília (IREL/UnB), com apoio da CAPES (Fundação Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior).

Published

2015-03-16

How to Cite

QUEIROZ, Fábio Albergaria. Would be the Hileia a low cost arena on the Cold War’s logic of power? the case of the Amazon Great Lakes (1964-1968). OPSIS, Goiânia, v. 14, n. Especial, p. 266–286, 2015. DOI: 10.5216/o.v14iEspecial.30416. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufcat.edu.br/index.php/Opsis/article/view/30416. Acesso em: 21 may. 2026.

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Section

Dossiê América Latina no contexto da Guerra Fria