SUMMARY
Since the mid-twentieth century, Brazilian foreign policy has been gradually insertinginto its agenda the concept of development (alternating between an orthodox and aheterodox view) as a fundamental motto of action. Other sub-areas of Brazilian diplomacyhave become conditional on development, especially international security. Presentingsocial aspects of development and Human Security as intertwined since the1990s in Brazil, the article analyzes theoretically and empirically the foreign policythe governments of Lula da Silva (2003-2010) and Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016). Takingas its main goal to verify the validity of such hypothesis, the article concludes thatthis conditionality is coherent with Brazilian socioeconomic and geopolitical reality,but that its proximity to Human Security must be taken with caution.