Word: alencastro
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...middle-aged Brazilian doctors are rated as military reservists.) That worked. At their strike headquarters in the dance hall of Rio's High Life carnival club, the doctors voted to end the strike. But the government stuck to its decision to fire the 210. Explained Labor Minister Alencastro Guimaraes: "Department heads with years of professional experience should have known better...
...Fascist elements of Brazilian President Getulio Dornelles Vargas' epochal speech, later disclaimed (TIME, June 24), were further minimized by Foreign Minister Dr. Oswaldo Aranha's cry of "America for the Americans." Still more soothing were the words in Washington of visiting Major Napoleao Alencastro Guimaraes, aide to the Brazilian Minister of Transport, who pictured Brazil as lining up solidly behind the U. S. and the Monroe Doctrine. While Major Alencastro Guimaraes negotiated for railroad materials, Brazil tightened its ties with the democracies by concluding a pact permitting Britain to buy from Brazil without transfer of currency. Militarily Brazil...
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