Vol. 31 Núm. 2 (2025): Dossier: Brasil, América Latina y la Segunda Guerra Mundial
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Visitas Olvidadas en una Guerra Global: Song Meiling en Brasil, 1943 y 1944

Publicado 2026-01-10

Palabras clave

  • Segunda Guerra Mundial,
  • China,
  • Brasil,
  • Song Melling,
  • Madame Chiang

Cómo citar

Lopes, Helena F. S. 2026. «Visitas Olvidadas En Una Guerra Global: Song Meiling En Brasil, 1943 Y 1944». Locus: Revista De Historia 31 (2):175_192. https://doi.org/10.34019/2594-8296.2025.v31.51338.

Resumen

RESUMEN: La Segunda Guerra Mundial fue un evento transformador en la posición global de China y Brasil. Sin embargo, la contribución de ambos países a la victoria aliada ha permanecido relativamente ignorada en las narrativas tradicionales del conflicto. Este artículo se centra en dos visitas poco conocidas de Song Meiling — esposa del líder chino Chiang Kai-shek y figura política y diplomática clave por derecho propio — a Brasil en 1943 y 1944. El artículo destaca la importancia de Song en las conexiones de China con Sudamérica durante la guerra en la década de 1940 y analiza la cobertura mediática de sus viajes a Brasil. Con base en fuentes de archivo y prensa en portugués, inglés y chino, el artículo argumenta que esas visitas fueron ejemplos importantes de las interacciones sino-latinoamericanas durante la guerra, situándolas en el contexto más amplio de la alianza de China y Brasil con Estados Unidos, así como en los discursos sobre “Madame Chiang” en las Américas.

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