Word: rios
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...good many Brazilians are stumped by Simonsen's up-to-date economics, and even those who understand them do not always like them. But in hundreds of letters and telegrams that, by week's end, had flooded his fifth-floor, book-lined bachelor apartment in downtown Rio, he was applauded for his stand on the Marshall Plan. Some of the applause was for what he said. Much was for Simonsen, the Brazilian...
...House has yet to act before one Senator, 16 Deputies, 18 Rio City Councilmen and 47 members of state legislatures-all acknowledged Communists-lose their seats...
Most Brazilians had approved the Soviet break (TIME, Oct. 27), and thousands of them gathered before Catete Palace to cheer President Dutra's explanation for it. But the Tribune, smash-up went against the Brazilian sense of justice and fair play. Next day the entire Rio press condemned both the police and the rowdies...
...Brazilian Congress seemed to agree with Rio's press. "We gave our support ... to the Government's attitude toward Russia," cried Senator Ivo de Aquino, "but that does not mean we condone acts of violence against any organization, particularly against the press, which by our laws is guaranteed full liberty." Following the outlawing of the Communist Party, Senator de Aquino had sponsored the Government's controversial bill to toss Communist jobholders out of elective office. Now that bill faced a tough battle...
...afternoon of the Tribuna attack, hooligans tore down the Soviet Embassy's shield. Moscow translated the incident into a "stoning" of the embassy, put Brazilian Ambassador Mario de Pimentel Brandão and his entourage of nine under hotel arrest. Only when the Rio Soviet Embassy staff of 32 were safely off for Montevideo would Pimentel & friends get exit visas...