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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...State Department, giving a "summary of the position of the U.S. Government," declared that: Argentina had "deliberately violated the pledge" it took at the 1942 Rio de Janeiro Conference to cooperate with the rest of the hemisphere against the Axis. It had "openly and notoriously" given "aid and comfort" to the enemies of the United Nations for two and a half years. The dominant power in its government "was, and continues to be, in the hands of pro-Axis elements." Therefore, the U.S. concluded that the American Republics and their United Nations associates should "firmly adhere to the present policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Aid & Comfort | 8/7/1944 | See Source »

Madame Chiang Kaishek, resting on Brazil's Brocoio Island off Rio de Janeiro (TIME, July 24), was reported inclined toward U.S.-style cooking. Restaurateur Alfredo Balbis, catering to her party, also said that though her diet forbids seafood, she demanded shrimp and got it. Other items in demand: Coca-Cola, mineral water, port...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Aug. 7, 1944 | 8/7/1944 | See Source »

...TIME-by-Air's third birthday, we put this blunt question to all the American ambassadors and consuls south of the Rio Grande, to the presidents and foreign ministers of the 20 Latin American republics -and to quite a large group of the most important American businessmen in the countries with which U.S. commercial ties seem strongest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 10, 1944 | 7/10/1944 | See Source »

...were being replaced by military cliques that looked to Argentine for leadership. But the delay in recognizing Gualberto Villarroel's military clique long after it had turned its back on Argentine accomplished nothing but a notable further drain on the sinking reservoir of good will south of the Rio Grande...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: At Last | 7/3/1944 | See Source »

Dictator Arroyo del Rio resigned, sought refuge in the Colombian Embassy. A provisional junta promptly invited Velasco Ibarra to take over. The exile promptly accepted, rode into Quito in a Lend-Lease jeep. With vivas and flowers, 50,000 Quitenos welcomed their new President. On a balcony overlooking Independence Square, Velasco Ibarra proclaimed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECUADOR: Fall of a Dictator | 6/12/1944 | See Source »

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