Title

Fiat en América Latina durante la Guerra Fría. El entramado del poder entre negocios, represión y la construcción del “Peón Latino Fiat” .

Authors

Robertini, Camillo

Abstract

The study of the role of Western multinationals in Latin America has grown progressively in the last decade. The goal of this article is to reconstruct the role of the Italian Fiat in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina during the Cold War. We claim that the multinational implemented a model of labour relations whose objective was the transformation of its workers into "Latin Fiat Pawns”. At the same time, we tackle Fiat's pragmatic policies, which led to the collaboration with both military dictatorships and popular and socialist governments in the region.

Subjects

DICTATORSHIP; MILITARY government; FIAT SpA; COLD War, 1945-1991; WORKING class; SOCIALISM; ORAL history

Publication

Confluenze. Rivista di Studi Iberoamericani, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 1, p326

ISSN

2036-0967

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.6092/issn.2036-0967/15292