Popular movements and their importance in the regime changes occurred towards the end of the Cold War. Case study: Democracia Corinthiana
Popular movements and their importance in the regime changes occurred towards the end of the Cold War. Case study: Democracia Corinthiana

Summary/Abstract: The end of the XXth century represented a complex period, in which several countries were about to know internal, as well as external conflicts, the power of which would mark a significant turning point in global history. These frictions gave birth to ample popular movements that would shatter the world order imposed at that moment. Among these manifestations of social will we can find what will become known as Democracia Corinthiana. The ideological movement born at the start of the 1980s in Brazil, around the professional football club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista to be more precise, stood behind legendary figures of the sport such as Sócrates, represents one of the most essential actions in the fight against the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. The present study aims to analyse both the movement in its entirety, its results, and its importance in the events that led to the fall of the militarist regime in Brazil in 1985, and the place that these events hold in the global context of the precursory years of the end of the Cold War. The subject of this study has been addressed in earlier studies, in a manner more or less similar, however, the principal aspect of those papers has been focused on internal events and much less on their involvement in the international context. Furthermore, a large number of those studies are only accessible in the Portuguese language, which makes their analysis somewhat difficult. The methodology used in the completion of this study is limited to researching available primary sources, as well as secondary literature that has dealt with the subject in question. Thus, this research paper presents to the general public a less accessible subject, as well as a substantial episode of the fight against authoritarianism, of popular organization, but also of democracy and its means. At the same time, it contributes to the understanding of the social phenomena that led to the regime changes that occurred at the end of the XXth century and their consequences.

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