EUCLIDES DA CUNHA AND THE TRAP OF THE REPUBLICAN DREAM

From: Chasqui | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: ­ ³ Ayala-Martà nez, Mà nica | Copyright information

Towards the end of the nineteenth century (1888), Brazil undergoes a peculiar and convulsive historic period: the abolition of slavery is declared on May 13, 1888; the Republic is established after a coup d'etat on November 15, 1889, and several rebellions have to be confronted throughout the national territory.1 By 1888, Brazil is fragmented between those who regret the exile of emperor Dom Pedro II and those who passionately believe in modernization and progress. The first group fears the f...

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