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...other politicians competed too stridently for public attention. Candidate Quadros wandered the world issuing vague proclamations, turning aside envoys who traveled to him to offer their support, and counting on the public's memory of his able and corruption-free term as governor of populous Sāo Paulo State. Between his election and inauguration he again disappeared, leaving Brazilians to speculate about his policies, his Cabinet, his whereabouts. After his August abdication he sailed to England, then cruised on to Australia to stroll the beaches and remain uncommunicative...
ANDRE RONAY São Paulo, Brazil...
Completely won over, Brazil's influential 0 Estado de Sāo Paulo called Kennedy's visit "one of the greatest events in the history of the American hemisphere. He is a real soldier, a soldier of peace.'' "A patriotic crusade," cried Mexico City's Ultimas Noticias, and even some sections of the Yankee-baiting press changed their tone. In Buenos Aires, a powerful, anti-Yankee Peronista leader was forced to admit: "After Bogotá's clear and courageous speech, there is nothing to do but applaud and support Kennedy and his alianza...
Brazil's harassed new President Joao Goulart sent a letter saying that he could not possibly get around to opening the exhibition before the end of the month; but those in charge of the sixth Sao Paulo Bienal decided not to wait to announce the prizewinners. The art world was impatiently waiting; the Bienal ranks with the Venice Biennale and the Carnegie International Art show in Pittsburgh as tops in prestige. And this year the Sao Paulo show is huge: 4,000 works by 1,049 artists from 51 nations-much too much to be absorbed...
...award, the São Paulo Town Hall Prize, went to France's Portuguese-born Vieira da Silva, 53. Large Constructions (see color) is one of ten of her paintings in the show. But Bienal awards are given more for overall achievement than for individual entries, and Painter Vieira da Silva's achievement has been notable (see below). Among the other winners, each of whom received...