The present article aims to discuss the interpretations of Brazilian parliamentarians regarding the actions of the Empire during the Cispla tine conflict. The debate related to the war was marked by divergences among some deputies and senators, related to military expenses, recruiting, navy block and the conduct of imperial diplomats during negotiations. It is important to highlight that the referred conflict occurred shortly after Brazil and United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata independence process. These were states in the process of construction, marked by fierce political disputes, and the war impacted their domestic politics. In this context, parliamentary discussions played an important role directing Brazilian foreign policy in the early stages of the war.
This article discusses the disputes over sovereignty and legitimacy that permeated the independence conflicts and the emergence of modern nation-states in Hispanic America. The analysis focuses on the extended role of privateers and maritime forces employed by insurgent governments during this construction. The study uses editions of The Morning Chronicle, The Barbados Mercury and Bridge-Town Gazette, and Gaceta de Buenos Aires, in addition to the works Campa & ntilde;as navales de la Rep & uacute;blica Argentina: Guerra de corso 1815 a 1821 by & Aacute;ngel Justiniano Carranza, and Acciones navales de la Rep & uacute;blica Argentina 1813-1828 by William Brown. The research combines Social History and Legal History, exploring the information conveyed by the periodicals and relating it to the independentists' understanding of sovereignty and Vattel's law of nations.
This paper analyzes commercial relations between Brazil and the United States from 1840 to 1860, focusing on American attempts to establish a steamship company on the Norfolk-Par & aacute; route. By examining correspondence and dispatches from the Brazilian consulate in Washington and New York, we observe the Imperial government's concern with creating national shipping companies, developing naval industries, and protecting against foreign encroachment. The study concludes that although the United States remained Brazil's primary coffee buyer throughout this period, the commercial relationship maintained an unfavorable imbalance for Brazil..
This paper focuses on the analysis of coastal shipping (cabotage) and its potential contribution to Brazil's economic development. The research provides a historical overview of the sector, explores its main benefits-among them lower logistical costs-and discusses the need for naval power to protect coastal shipping. In addition, the study identifies several challenges faced by cabotage, such as poor port infrastructure, difficulties in modal integration, complex regulations governing the sector, and high operational costs that increase the expense of operations. The study also evaluates regulatory reform initiatives, such as the "BR do Mar" Law. Recommendations include port modernization, greater integration between transport modes, and the creation of incentives to attract private investment.
This paper's aim is to present the constitution of the Brazilian Nation-State and its manifestation by its Sea Power undera double insight: both budget-wise and concerning the human manpoweraboard the war vessels under the Imperial Brazilian Navy. To that extent, its main goal is to demonstrate the methodological possibilities of the military historiography beyond the more traditional currents which focused on a history of crafting techniques or on an evolutionary sense thereof as temporality. On the one hand I undertake a serial analysis of the budget acts as well as of the acts on the fixation of sea and land forces; on the other hand, I analyse the parliamentary debates that gave birth to such acts, having them in mind as an evidentiary paradigm of the reality in which they were crafted, coming to the conclusion that there was no consistent imperial policy towards the project of sea power, an absence manifested in favour of other priorities ascribed to that political system.
