Estratégias Político-Diplomáticas e o Reconhecimento por Portugal da Soberania Brasileira, 1824-1825

Abstract

Two years after Brazil's independence,and in the period following the war that broke out in the context of Brazilian political emancipation, diplomats from the Empire of Brazil and the Kingdom of Portugal, supported by the mediation of the Austrians and the English, began conversations, in 1824, which aimed to carry outan act of reconciliation between Brazil and Portugal regardingthe recognition by Portugal of Brazilian sovereignty. In this article, bibliography and various documentation, namely official, are used to clarify thecontext of Brazil’s independence, as well as to analyze itsobject of study: the Protocol of Conferences and the Treaty of Peace and Alliance between Brazil and Portugal, a legal instrument through which Portugal recognized the Independence of Brazil. Therefore, the content transcribed in the aforementioned documents, inserted in the time frame between the years 1824and 1825, is analyzed. A certain neutrality of the Austrian delegation during the negotiationswas revealed, in contrast to the commitment ofthe English delegation to an agreement between Brazil and Portugal. It was established that,despite the dispute over the authority of D. Pedro I and his title of Emperor of Brazil, and the high degree of disagreement between the negotiators of Brazil andPortugal, the negotiations were finally crowned with success in 1825, with the Treaty of Peace and Alliance and the Recognition by Portugal of Brazilian sovereignty.