The Rise of the Red Command

Tanner KeenFollow

Presenter Type

Undergraduate Student

Document Type

Panel Presentation

Keywords

History, Politics, Brazil

Biography

Tanner Keen is a Marshall University senior majoring in Political Science.

Major

Political Science

Advisor for this project

Dr. Christopher White

Abstract

This paper will seek to examine the historical and political factors at play in the origin and rise of the Brazilian criminal organization and drug cartel the Red Commando. The analysis will focus on the impact of the surrounding context of Brazilian political unrest on the creation and eventual dominance of the organization, and it will also take into account the crucial broader political context of the Cold War and United States foreign policy during that era.

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The Rise of the Red Command

This paper will seek to examine the historical and political factors at play in the origin and rise of the Brazilian criminal organization and drug cartel the Red Commando. The analysis will focus on the impact of the surrounding context of Brazilian political unrest on the creation and eventual dominance of the organization, and it will also take into account the crucial broader political context of the Cold War and United States foreign policy during that era.