Brazil-Haiti bilateral relations: the case of alterity in presidential speeches and educational policies

Abstract

Brazil-Haiti bilateral relations became denser with the Brazilian leadership of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. In face of this reality, this paper inquires about the possible understandings of the concept of otherness as an element of analysis of the foreign educational policy conducted by Brazil in Haiti. The central objective is to understand the construction of meanings about the other, so it becomes crucial to know and interpret the discourses and analyze educational policies in order to verify possibilities of materialization of otherness as the perception of the other and their demands. The methodology adopted was discourse analysis and documentary research. It was concluded that alterity beyond simply seeing the other requires solidarity, emancipation and the protection of fundamental human rights.