URSAL

URSAL (acronym in Portuguese for "Union of Socialist Statelets of Latin America"[1] or "Union of Socialist Republics of Latin America") is a jocular term coined in 2001 by Brazilian sociologist Maria Lúcia Victor Barbosa[2] to mock criticism by left-wing politicians and intellectuals of the Free Trade Area of the Americas led by the United States[3][4] Subsequently the expression was taken seriously by Olavo de Carvalho and by Brazilian right-wingers, resurfacing on YouTube and other media as a conspiracy theory related to a supposed Latin American integration plan propagated by the São Paulo Forum.[5][6][7]

Latin America, region of the globe that supposes the option URSAL.

In 2018 the Brazilian federal deputy and presidential candidate, Cabo Daciolo, spoke of URSAL as a conspiracy to end national sovereignties on the continent.[4] Daciolo referred to URSAL when he questioned Ciro Gomes[8][9] during the first debate among candidates of the 2018 Brazilian presidential election. Daciolo said URSAL would be a federation of Latin American and Caribbean countries with characteristics of a large block of socialist republics.[10][11][7] The episode had repercussions in the Brazilian and foreign press and provoked many protests in the social media.[12][13] History teaching in Brazil had to do with the development of a non-European Latin unity over the centuries.[14]

See also
  • Socialism in Brazil

References
  1. Ciro Gomes: O que Foro de São Paulo e Ursal têm a ver com o candidato
  2. "Tudo que sabemos sobre a URSAL". Vice. 2018-08-14.
  3. "Os companheiros" (in Portuguese). Folha de Londrina. 2001-12-08.
  4. "Crítica do PT, socióloga diz que inventou Ursal em 2001 como ironia". Folha de S. Paulo. 2018-08-13.
  5. "#ElectionWatch: URSAL, Illuminati, and Brazil's YouTube Subculture". Digital Forensic Research Lab. Atlantic Council. 2018-08-30.
  6. "YouTube ajudou a amplificar teoria da Ursal, diz relatório". Folha de S.Paulo. 2018-08-30.
  7. "La URSAL: una teoría de la conspiración que llegó al debate político de Brasil" (in Spanish). El País. 2018-08-16.(in Portuguese)
  8. "Paraná Pesquisas: Após viralizar com URSAL, Daciolo ultrapassa Meirelles, Boulos e Amoêdo". Revista Fórum. 2018-08-15.
  9. "Cabo Daciolo pode ter um papel mais importante do que parece na eleição, diz Financial Times". InfoMoney. 2018-08-21.
  10. "Citada por Cabo Daciolo, Ursal seria 5ª maior economia do mundo". O Globo. 2018-08-10.
  11. "Cabo Daciolo, Plano Ursal e teoria da conspiração provocam avalanche de memes". Revista Fórum. 2018-08-10.
  12. "Internautas fazem graça com a 'Ursal' citada por Cabo Daciolo em debate". Correio Braziliense (in Portuguese). 2018-08-10.
  13. "A rightwing maverick lights up Brazil's presidential campaign". Financial Times.
  14. Ensino de história da América: reflexões sobre problemas de identidades
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