The Brazilian military under cardoso: Overcoming the identity crisis

In Brazil, an era of military confusion and dissatisfaction that followed t he end of the Cold War has largely dissipated since the mid-1990s. Despite scarce Federal resources under current economic policies, the Cardoso gover nment has managed to eliminate the most immediate budgetary causes of milit ary unrest. Military authoritarian influence remains, moreover, in areas su ch as Amazonia. The military's own efforts, the president's moral and econo mic support, and the legislature's traditional apathy toward relevant issue s have fostered a new form of military influence in the Brazilian democracy .