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Brazil–Czech Republic relations are thediplomatic relations between theFederative Republic of Brazil and theCzech Republic. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centers on the history ofCzech migration to Brazil. Approximately 500 thousand Brazilians have Czech ancestry.[1] Both nations are members of theUnited Nations.
The first Czechs to arrive toColonial Brazil were Jesuits who arrived to the country to spreadCatholicism in the country. In 1823, the first wave of Czech migrants arrived to Brazil, with most settling in the southern parts of the country.[1] Czech immigrant and head of theBata company,Jan Antonín Baťa, founded several towns throughout southern Brazil.[2]
At the end ofWorld War I, Brazil and newly createdCzechoslovakia (which included present day Czech Republic andSlovakia) established diplomatic relations in 1918.[3] In 1920, Czechoslovakia opened a diplomatic legation inRio de Janeiro and in 1921, Brazil opened a diplomatic legation in Prague. In March 1939, diplomatic relations were interrupted between both nations with the arrival of theNazis in Prague and the creation of theProtectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.[4] Czechoslovakia also had to hand over its embassy in Rio de Janeiro to the Germans. DuringWorld War II, Brazilian and Czechoslovak soldiers fought alongside each other in theItalian Campaign. In 1942, diplomatic relations were re-established between Brazil and theCzechoslovak government-in-exile based inLondon.[4] Between 1940 and 1950, a second wave of Czech migrants arrived to Brazil, settling mostly in the central western parts of the country.[1]
In 1956,Juscelino Kubitschek was electedPresident of Brazil, the first of Czech origin. In 1960, both nations elevated their diplomatic missions to the status of embassies.[3] In 1988, Prime MinisterLubomír Štrougal became the first Czechoslovak head-of-state to visit Brazil. In 1990, PresidentFernando Collor de Mello became the first Brazilian head-of-state to visit Czechoslovakia. In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into the two sovereign states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, known as the "Velvet Divorce". In 1994, Czech Prime MinisterVáclav Klaus paid the first official visit to Brazil since thedissolution of Czechoslovakia. Since then, there have been several high level meeting between leaders of both nations. In January 2019, Czech Prime MinisterAndrej Babiš met with Brazilian PresidentJair Bolsonaro during theWorld Economic Forum inDavos,Switzerland.[5]
High-level visits from Brazil to Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
High-level visits from Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic to Brazil
Both nations have signed a few bilateral agreements such as an Agreement on Trade and Taxes (1931); Agreement for Economic and Industrial Cooperation (2008); Agreement for a Joint Bilateral Committee (2009); Agreement in Defense Cooperation (2010) and a Partnership Agreement betweenEmbraer andAero Vodochody (2011).[3][4]
In 2017, trade between Brazil and the Czech Republic totaled US$600 million.[3] Brazil's main exports to the Czech Republic include: raw materials; ores; meat products; fish and airplanes. Czech Republic's main exports to Brazil include: piston combustion engines and their parts; motor vehicles parts and components; liquid pumps; electric motors and pipes and tubes.[4][6] Brazil is the Czech Republic's largest trading partner inLatin America. Brazilian multinational company Embraer operates in the Czech Republic.
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