London, London: British exiles and the repression of counterculture in Brazil

The emergence of authoritarian regimes in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s generated the displacement of a large number of people, who left their countries due to the increasing violence of which they were victims. Repression and censorship, as was the case in Brazil, were not restricted to the traditional political sphere, but also advanced into the cultural and behavioral fields, persecuting counterculture movements. This article seeks to study Brazilians’ experiences of exile in London between 1968 and 1974, and their relations with the counterculture. We analyze how repression and censorship in the moral and behavioral sphere took many subjects abroad and then discuss some of these experiences, the reasons for choosing the English capital as a place of refuge, as well as reflecting on the singularities and ambiguities of London exiles linked to the countercultural universe.

Keywords:
Exile; Counterculture; Dictatorship