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<journal-id>1870-3569</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[CONfines de relaciones internacionales y ciencia política]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3569</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, División de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-35692024000200033</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.46530/cf.vi39/cnfns.n39.p33-4533</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Alfonso Reyes y el Jardín Botánico de Río de Janeiro: Laranjeiras, estatuas y plantas como estrategia de diplomacia cultural]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Alfonso Reyes and the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro: Laranjeiras, statues and plants as a cultural diplomacy strategy]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mayra Jocelin]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>39</numero>
<fpage>33</fpage>
<lpage>45</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35692024000200033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35692024000200033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35692024000200033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Como embajador de México en Brasil entre 1930 y 1936, Alfonso Reyes desplegó una actividad diplomática notable que ha sido estudiada desde distintos ángulos políticos. Sin embargo, sabemos menos de otras estrategias, especialmente de diplomacia cultural, empleadas por el escritor mexicano. En este artículo muestro cómo durante su residencia en Rio de Janeiro, Reyes empleó elementos representativos de la naturaleza mexicana, tales como la amapola silvestre (Papaver rhoeas) y el peyote (Lophophora williamsii), o la donación de la estatua del dios Xochipilli al jardín botánico de esa ciudad, para fomentar el acercamiento entre ambas naciones. En tres fases, este artículo propone primero revisar la historia de la relación diplomática entre México y Brasil antes de la llegada de Reyes; posteriormente, mostrar su interés en la naturaleza como elemento formativo de ambas naciones, y finalmente, analizar sus estrategias para utilizar ese conocimiento mediante la diplomacia cultural.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: As Mexican ambassador to Brazil between 1930 and 1936, Alfonso Reyes deployed a remarkable diplomatic activity that has been studied from different political angles. However, we know less about other strategies, especially cultural diplomacy, employed by the Mexican writer. In this article, I show how during his residence in Rio de Janeiro, Reyes used elements representative of Mexican nature, such as the amapola and peyote, or the donation of the statue of the god Xochipilli to the Botanical Garden of that city, to foster rapprochement between the two nations. In three phases, this article proposes first to review the history of the diplomatic relationship between Mexico and Brazil before the arrival of Reyes; subsequently, to show his interest in nature as a formative element of both nations, and finally, to analyze his strategies to use that knowledge through cultural diplomacy.]]></p></abstract>
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