In 1968, the queen elizabeth II visited Brazil and fulfilled a diverse agenda, which included a visit to the Maracanã stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, to an impactful speech at the National Congress, where the monarch highlighted the patriotism and unity of the Brazilian people.
On the occasion, Queen Elizabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, were able to experience a bit of Brazilian culture, and their trip included visits to Recife, Salvador, Brasília, São Paulo, Campinas and Rio de Janeiro.
This Thursday (8), the day of the announcement of the death of the longest-lived monarch in history, the Itamaraty issued a note recalling the queen’s passage through Brazil.
“His visit in 1968, alongside the Duke of Edinburgh, to Recife, Salvador, Brasília, São Paulo, Campinas and Rio de Janeiro is remembered by the Government and the Brazilian people as a mark of friendship between Brazil and the United Kingdom,” he said. the Itamaraty.
“Remembering the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to Brazil is to value the strategic partnership between Brazil and the United Kingdom, which covers a large number of areas – trade, health, investment, academic exchange, science and technology – and which Its main objective is to contribute to the well-being of Brazilians and Britons, in favor of the progress of both countries”, the note added.
Speech at the National Congress
On November 6, 1968, the Queen addressed Brazilian authorities in the National Congress.
In that year, the country was presided over by Costa e Silva, and days later the AI-5 took place, an act that definitively sealed the course of the dictatorship, and that confirmed the coup plotters’ intentions to transform Congress into a stamper of decisions by the military government.
Nine months later, the country was commanded by the Brazilian Military Junta,
In her speech, Elizabeth said that she was deeply moved by the reception, that there was a lot of courtesy and generosity with her and her husband, and that they would have been welcomed everywhere since they arrived in Brazil.
“It’s not just vast, Brazil, within its borders, the differences, regional, geographic, ethical and economic, are very large,” the queen said in her speech.
“The Brazilian legislature faces problems of complexity and magnitude that few nations were called upon to solve. And it depends on you, despite the task of creating unity in diversity, even so, gentlemen, one of the facts that most impressed me is the patriotism and unity of the Brazilian people, in that, the people have a deep source of strength”, he said to the Congress.
Watch the full speech in the video below:
Source: CNN Brasil
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