Magazine content is available exclusively for TIME subscribers.THE AMERICAS: Friendship Affirmed
Without pausing after his flying tour of European capitals, Dean Acheson last week began a six-day visit to the principal cities of Brazil. The first U.S. Secretary of State to visit South America in four years, he was there to reassure Brazilians that the U.S., in its preoccupation with the problems of Europe and Asia, has not forgotten its friendship with the world's largest republic.
For his busy guest, President Vargas staged a handsome welcome. At one state dinner in the Foreign Ministry's old-world Itamarati Palace, 120 select guests promenaded past swans in a lagoon bordered by tall royal palms. In...
Email, Password or Region is incorrect
A required form parameter was missing.
The System is currently down. Please try again in a few minutes.
Email Address is invalid
Password is blank
Most Popular »
- Your Turn, Canada: A Second-By-Second Look at Jeremy Lin Lighting Up Toronto
- Iowa Welcomes Back China's Next President
- What's in Your Lipstick? FDA Finds Lead in 400 Shades
- 50 Best iPhone Apps 2012
- Rick Santorum Wants to Fight 'The Dangers Of Contraception'
- Linsanity Heads East, Linfects China and Taiwan
- Why Obama's Re-Election Fortunes Are Suddenly Looking Up
- After Whitney Houston, Musicians Say: I'm Afraid
- Can Jeremy Lin End The MSG/Time Warner Cable War?
- Love Ever After: A Valentine’s Day Special
- Iowa Welcomes Back China's Next President
- Harvard's Hoops Star Is Asian. Why's That a Problem?
- With Syria's Rebels: A Visit to a Bombmaker's Factory
- The Upside Of Being An Introvert (And Why Extroverts Are Overrated)
- Beirut: Where Valentine's Day Belongs to Another Kind of Saint
- Friends With Benefits
- Europe's Deep Freeze: Why Climate Change Is Not (Entirely) to Blame
- Study: Lead Poisoning Could Lurk in Spices
- Romney's Cruel Canine Vacation
- Casey Anthony CSI: A Triumph of High-Tech Forensics?
More News from Our Partners
Top Stories on TIME.com
Quotes of the Day »
