This article argues that the visit of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to Brazil in 1961 illustrated a change in the perception of part of the Brazilian political elites about the USSR. It analyses how the shift of the Soviet self-representation abroad affected the image of the USSR in Brazil and, consequently, the terms of the domestic debate regarding the Cold War.
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Caterina, G. (2020). Gagarin in Brazil: Reassessing the terms of the cold war domestic political debate in 1961. Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional, 63(1). https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7329202000104
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