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The article focuses on a particular type of letters un the context of the Italian immigration to Brazil: the letters of call. Interference linguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of written language in these documents are a useful prism to examine identity and cultural exchanges due to the contact between the two cultures.

The article intends to delimit the goals of fascist Italy in Brazil and make a balance of the relations among these countries during the period between World War I and II. The central argument is based on the analysis of Italian migratory policy and the approximation of fascist agents and agencies in Brazil and the Italian immigrants and their descendants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]