Old Storms, New Thunder: Christie’s Script in the Trump Era

• In Event: Foreign Aid and Foreign Intervention

Brief Overview

This paper shows how the Christie Affair (1861–65) still shapes Brazil’s responses in the Trump era: powers moralize coercion, elites invoke sovereignty, media amplify outrage, citizens accept exceptions. Method: timelines, headline coding, signals

Author

• André Felipe Canuto Coelho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)