Pan-Americanism and Cinema during Good Neighbor Policy in Brasil (1933-1945): the ambassadors Disney, Orson Welles e Carmen Miranda ; Panamericanismo y Cine durante la Política del Buen Vecino (1933-1945) en Brasil : embajadores Disney, Orson Welles e Carmen Miranda ; Pan-Americanismo e Cinema durante a Política Externa da boa Vizinhança (1933-1945) no Brasil: os embaixadores Disney, Orson Welles e Carmen Miranda

The article seeks to relate some US-funded films during its Good Neighbor Policy (1933-1945) through the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (OCIAA) with the concept of Pan-Americanism. The hypothesis listed by the research is that the use of cinema as an instrument of soft power of the Good Neighbor Policy, in touting Pan-Americanism, the American Way of Life, and by seeking to contain the Nazi-fascist ideological influence in Latin America, helped to building a positive identity in U.S.-Brazil relations. The research uses as methodological procedures the consultation of primary and secondary sources. Thus, the article is based on renowned authors and on documentary research carried out in important centers and libraries in Brazil and in the USA. The text has, on account of the research, transcripts of interviews and speeches - few published by the academy - of personalities of that time, providing a unique correlation with the bibliographic production on the theme and an original argument. The conclusion reached by the article is that cinema was an essential soft power tool of the USA in Latin America and contributed to changing the view of Latin Americans about Americans ; El artículo busca relacionar algunas películas cinematográficas financiadas por los Estados Unidos de América (EUA) durante su Política Exterior del Buen Vecino (1933 - 1945) a través de Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (OCIAA) con el concepto de panamericanismo. La hipótesis enumerada por la investigación es que el uso del cine como instrumento de soft power de la Política Exterior del Buen Vecino, al proclamar el panamericanismo, el modo de vida americano, y al buscar contener la influencia ideológica nazifascista en América Latina, ayudó a construir una identidad positiva en las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Brasil. La investigación utiliza como procedimientos metodológicos la consulta de fuentes primarias y secundarias. Así, el artículo se basa en autores de renombre y en investigaciones ...