Latin America under the sign of justicialism: nagazines, intellectuals and latin American issues (1946-1955)

• Grant number: 25/20795-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: February 01, 2026
• End date: July 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of America
• Principal Investigator: José Alves de Freitas Neto
• Grantee: Raquel Fernandes Lanzoni
• Supervisor: Graciela Patricia Maria Funes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina
• Associated to the scholarship: 23/16004-7 - Latin America on Sexto Continente: intellectuals, Peronism and latin american issues (1949-1950), BP.DR

Abstract

This project proposes an analysis of the journal Sexto Continente and other contemporary publications, such as L'Ultima, Fortaleza, Romania, Histonium, Nombre, and Latitud 34, all of which were advertised in the pages of the Peronist periodical. Access to additional documents and other periodical sources aims to enrich and challenge Sexto Continente's discourse on a Peronist project for Latin America, thereby contributing to the ongoing doctoral research. Published between July 1949 and December 1950 in Buenos Aires, Sexto Continente brought together nationalist agendas and references to Justicialism, situating itself within a broader field of political, cultural, and social debates on projects for Argentina and Latin America. The project is based on the hypothesis that Sexto Continente articulated an ideological repertoire that went beyond the official core of Peronism, establishing dialogue with intellectuals and political actors external to Juan Perón's ruling circle. The aim is to grasp both the specificities of the journal and its approaches to Peronism, understood here in an expanded sense. The publication linked Justicialism - conceived as an alternative to both capitalism and communism - with Latin American regional issues, proposing pathways for overcoming inequalities and resisting imperialism. Through the analysis of Sexto Continente and other journals of the period, the research seeks to demonstrate how different political projects contested meanings within the Peronist constellation, characterized by the ideological heterogeneity that continues to shape it to this day. (AU)