Michal Zourek
Biographic Data
| ID | 1185983 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michal Zourek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michal |
| FAMILY NAME | Zourek |
| SIGNATURE | ZOUREK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mendel University in Brno |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7919-4914 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Diplomacia cultural de los países europeos comunistas en Buenos Aires a través del cine durante las décadas de 1950 y 1960
El estudio analiza la diplomacia cultural de los países comunistas en la Argentina por medio del cine, prestando una atención especial a la Unión Soviética y Checoslovaquia durante las décadas de 1950 y 1960. A través de la prensa de la época y de entrevistas, se describen los circuitos de circulación y promoción, nucleados fundamentalmente en torno al distribuidor local Artkino. Asimismo, se detalla el impacto cuantitativo de estas películas en …
Communist Disinformation Campaigns and the Latin American Cold War of the 1960s
Based on declassified documents from the archives of the Czechoslovak intelligence agency (StB) and the contemporary press, this article delves into the working mechanisms of the Communist secret services in Latin America in the 1960s. Specifically, focusing on the case of the newspaper Época, it deals with the production of articles aimed at discrediting the capitalist states and their publication in the press through local collaborators. The li…
Los servicios secretos del Bloque Soviético y sus aliados en América Latina
The study analyzes the activities of the secret services of the communist Czechoslovakia in Uruguay during the first half of the 1960s. Unlike the debates that have arisen on this subject and which have focused almost exclusively on the figure of Vivian Trías and on the Socialist Party, this text focuses on the connection of the Czechoslovak spies with the Colorado Party and the National Party. The study presents the objectives of the communist s…
Czechoslovakia and its Position within the Solidarity Network of Chilean Communism
The article will analyse the development of the Chilean cause in the politics of Eastern Europe countries since 1973, focusing on the Czechoslovak case. On the one hand, it will prove that during the communist government Czechoslovakia played an important role in the international campaign for the resistance against the dictatorship at a worldwide level. On the other hand, it posits that the propaganda aimed at Czechoslovakia, which sought to kin…
La alianza cubano-soviética y sus desafíos para el tercerismo uruguayo en la primera mitad de los años sesenta
Objective/Context: This article analyzes several factors that in the first half of the 1960s helped establish the link between Vivian Trías, the outstanding Uruguayan intellectual and politician, who defined himself as a Latin-Americanist and tercerista, and who would get explicitly distant from the communist world and the StB, the Czechoslovak secret service subordinated to the interests of the kgb. Methodology: The analysis is mainly based on s…
The New Latin American Left in a polarised Cold War
Vivian Trías, a prominent Latin American intellectual and leader of the Uruguayan Socialist Party, was an agent of the Czechoslovak State Security Service (StB), the intelligence agency in communist Czechoslovakia. Through a critical analysis of the Czech archives, this article seeks to explain why Trías, who defined himself as a Latin Americanist and tercerista in the Cold War, developed this link with one of the Soviet Bloc countries. The artic…
Chateau Dobřís
This article relates the intriguing story of Chateau Dobříš, a meeting place in Czechoslovakia for Latin American intellectuals during the late 1940s and 1950s. Based primarily on the contemporary testimonies of selected authors and their memoirs, the study describes this little-known chapter in cultural relations between Latin America and eastern Europe. At that time, Chateau Dobříš, which was administered by the Union of Czechoslovak Writers, p…
Czechoslovak policy towards Chile in the 1970s and 1980s
This article analyzes the policy of the Eastern Bloc towards Chile from 1973 to 1980, using the example of Czechoslovakia. The documents from Czech archives and the literature from that period show the complexity of this policy as well as its transformation. Although Czechoslovakia suspended diplomatic relations with Chile in September 1973, it sought to maintain its position in the country. Apart from the economic importance, another reason was …
The New Latin American Left in a polarised Cold War
Vivian Trías, a prominent Latin American intellectual and leader of the Uruguayan Socialist Party, was an agent of the Czechoslovak State Security Service (StB), the intelligence agency in communist Czechoslovakia. Through a critical analysis of the Czech archives, this article seeks to explain why Trías, who defined himself as a Latin Americanist and tercerista in the Cold War, developed this link with one of the Soviet Bloc countries. The artic…
Czechoslovak policy towards Chile in the 1970s and 1980s
This article analyzes the policy of the Eastern Bloc towards Chile from 1973 to 1980, using the example of Czechoslovakia. The documents from Czech archives and the literature from that period show the complexity of this policy as well as its transformation. Although Czechoslovakia suspended diplomatic relations with Chile in September 1973, it sought to maintain its position in the country. Apart from the economic importance, another reason was …
Diplomacia cultural de los países europeos comunistas en Buenos Aires a través del cine durante las décadas de 1950 y 1960
El estudio analiza la diplomacia cultural de los países comunistas en la Argentina por medio del cine, prestando una atención especial a la Unión Soviética y Checoslovaquia durante las décadas de 1950 y 1960. A través de la prensa de la época y de entrevistas, se describen los circuitos de circulación y promoción, nucleados fundamentalmente en torno al distribuidor local Artkino. Asimismo, se detalla el impacto cuantitativo de estas películas en …
Los servicios secretos del Bloque Soviético y sus aliados en América Latina
The study analyzes the activities of the secret services of the communist Czechoslovakia in Uruguay during the first half of the 1960s. Unlike the debates that have arisen on this subject and which have focused almost exclusively on the figure of Vivian Trías and on the Socialist Party, this text focuses on the connection of the Czechoslovak spies with the Colorado Party and the National Party. The study presents the objectives of the communist s…
Czechoslovak policy towards Chile in the 1970s and 1980s
This article analyzes the policy of the Eastern Bloc towards Chile from 1973 to 1980, using the example of Czechoslovakia. The documents from Czech archives and the literature from that period show the complexity of this policy as well as its transformation. Although Czechoslovakia suspended diplomatic relations with Chile in September 1973, it sought to maintain its position in the country. Apart from the economic importance, another reason was …
Chateau Dobřís
This article relates the intriguing story of Chateau Dobříš, a meeting place in Czechoslovakia for Latin American intellectuals during the late 1940s and 1950s. Based primarily on the contemporary testimonies of selected authors and their memoirs, the study describes this little-known chapter in cultural relations between Latin America and eastern Europe. At that time, Chateau Dobříš, which was administered by the Union of Czechoslovak Writers, p…
The New Latin American Left in a polarised Cold War
Vivian Trías, a prominent Latin American intellectual and leader of the Uruguayan Socialist Party, was an agent of the Czechoslovak State Security Service (StB), the intelligence agency in communist Czechoslovakia. Through a critical analysis of the Czech archives, this article seeks to explain why Trías, who defined himself as a Latin Americanist and tercerista in the Cold War, developed this link with one of the Soviet Bloc countries. The artic…
La alianza cubano-soviética y sus desafíos para el tercerismo uruguayo en la primera mitad de los años sesenta
Objective/Context: This article analyzes several factors that in the first half of the 1960s helped establish the link between Vivian Trías, the outstanding Uruguayan intellectual and politician, who defined himself as a Latin-Americanist and tercerista, and who would get explicitly distant from the communist world and the StB, the Czechoslovak secret service subordinated to the interests of the kgb. Methodology: The analysis is mainly based on s…
Los servicios secretos del Bloque Soviético y sus aliados en América Latina
The study analyzes the activities of the secret services of the communist Czechoslovakia in Uruguay during the first half of the 1960s. Unlike the debates that have arisen on this subject and which have focused almost exclusively on the figure of Vivian Trías and on the Socialist Party, this text focuses on the connection of the Czechoslovak spies with the Colorado Party and the National Party. The study presents the objectives of the communist s…
Czechoslovakia and its Position within the Solidarity Network of Chilean Communism
The article will analyse the development of the Chilean cause in the politics of Eastern Europe countries since 1973, focusing on the Czechoslovak case. On the one hand, it will prove that during the communist government Czechoslovakia played an important role in the international campaign for the resistance against the dictatorship at a worldwide level. On the other hand, it posits that the propaganda aimed at Czechoslovakia, which sought to kin…
Diplomacia cultural de los países europeos comunistas en Buenos Aires a través del cine durante las décadas de 1950 y 1960
El estudio analiza la diplomacia cultural de los países comunistas en la Argentina por medio del cine, prestando una atención especial a la Unión Soviética y Checoslovaquia durante las décadas de 1950 y 1960. A través de la prensa de la época y de entrevistas, se describen los circuitos de circulación y promoción, nucleados fundamentalmente en torno al distribuidor local Artkino. Asimismo, se detalla el impacto cuantitativo de estas películas en …
Communist Disinformation Campaigns and the Latin American Cold War of the 1960s
Based on declassified documents from the archives of the Czechoslovak intelligence agency (StB) and the contemporary press, this article delves into the working mechanisms of the Communist secret services in Latin America in the 1960s. Specifically, focusing on the case of the newspaper Época, it deals with the production of articles aimed at discrediting the capitalist states and their publication in the press through local collaborators. The li…
Political science (8 works) · Economic history (5 works) · Education, Politics, and Culture Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (5 works) · Communism (4 works) · History (4 works) · Latin Americans (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works)