%0 Journal Article
%T Fascism in Latin America: the italian perspective (1922-1943)
%A Franco Savarino
%J Di¨¢logos
%D 2011
%I Universidade Estadual de Maring¨¢
%R 10.4025/dialogos.v14i1.450
%X In order to approach the Fascist phenomenon in Latin America, it is essential to investigate its relationship with the original Italian model and the impact of Italian policy in the region. The first objective is to expose the many ambiguities, uncertainties and incorrect interpretations that took place in both directions during that period, particularly on the Italian side. We thus arrive at a picture of converging and (above all) diverging points that compose the influence and ¡°diffusion¡± of Italian-based Fascism in Latin America, comprising certain cultural and ideological aspects, among others. The limits of expression and dissemination of a true Fascism are thus detected with regard to other phenomena ¡°native¡± to Latin America, such as dictatorships and certain nationalist political movements, demarcating a more precise scope of the use of the category ¡°Fascism¡± in the region. Moreover, it is important to point out the geopolitics of Italy in Latin America ¨C an almost unknown theme in investigations ¨C and place it with regard to the activities of other countries interested in the region. Italian geopolitics is that of a medium power that has its main interests in other areas, but regards Latin America as an important sector in which to implement projects such as colonization, trade, providing strategic resources, and solidary ¡°Latin¡± support to the imperial expansion policy of the 1930s. Para abordar el fen¨®meno fascista en Am¨¦rica Latina es imprescindible investigar sus relaciones con el modelo original italiano y el impacto de la pol¨ªtica de Italia en la regi¨®n. El primer objetivo es poner al descubierto las muchas ambig¨¹edades, incertidumbres y lecturas equivocadas que ocurrieron en ambos sentidos durante esa ¨¦poca, en particular desde el lado italiano. As¨ª se llega a dibujar un mapa de encuentros y (sobre todo) desencuentros que matizan la influencia y ¡°difusi¨®n¡± del fascismo de origen italiano en Latinoam¨¦rica, abarcando entre otros aspectos algunos elementos culturales e ideol¨®gicos. Se detectan as¨ª los l¨ªmites de expresi¨®n y propagaci¨®n de un fascismo verdadero con respecto a otros fen¨®menos ¡°nativos¡± de Am¨¦rica Latina como las dictaduras y algunos movimientos pol¨ªticos nacionalistas y a marcar as¨ª un ¨¢mbito m¨¢s preciso de utilizaci¨®n de la categor¨ªa ¡°fascismo¡± en la regi¨®n. Adem¨¢s es importante apuntar a la geopol¨ªtica de Italia en Am¨¦rica Latina -tema casi desconocido en las investigaciones- y ponerla en relaci¨®n con la actividad de los dem¨¢s pa¨ªses interesados en la regi¨®n. La geopol¨ªtica italiana es la de una potencia mediana que tiene su
%K Fascismo
%K Populismo
%K It¨¢lia
%K Am¨¦rica Latina
%K Geopol¨ªtica
%U http://www.uem.br/dialogos/index.php?journal=ojs&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=450