FDR: “My visit to Rio de Janeiro today is therefore the realization of a…”

On the recordNovember 26, 1936

My visit to Rio de Janeiro today is therefore the realization of a growing desire to see Brazil with my own eyes.

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Democratic · New York

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Address before a Joint Session of the National Congress and the Supreme Court of Brazil at Rio de Janeiro.

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FDR: “My visit to Rio de Janeiro today is therefore the realization of a growing desire to see Brazil with my own eyes.”