6. BRAZIL TO RESTRICT TOUR OF CUBAN PRESIDENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2017
• Case Number: F-2015-02757
• Publication Date: May 16, 1960

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6. Brazil to Restrict Tour of Cuban President: Cuban
President Dorticos will be permitted to 'give a reception
at the Cuban Embassy in Rio de Janeiro during his official
visit to Brazil on 30 and 31 May, but President Kubitschek
will not attend, according to Foreign Minister Lafer.
Lafer told an American Embassy official that Kubtischek
will receive Dorticos only at the new federal capital in
Brasilia and that the government plans t� keep Dorticos'
activities there to "an inconspicuous minimum." Dorticos
some weeks ago requested an invitation to visit Brazil
on his way home from Argentina's sesquicentennial independ-
ence day celebration on 25 May. Uruguay reportedly de-
cided to refuse a similar request, but no announcement
has been made.
Lafer said the Foreign Ministry fears Dorticos will
use his visit, particularly the Rio de Janeiro phase,
to propagandize the Cuban revolution. This fear probably
has been intensified by recent reports frOm Brazilian
Ambassador Cunha in Havana. Cunha, who has been rela-
tively sympathetic toward the Castro regiale, advised the
Foreign Ministry in late April that if Fidel Castro did
not repudiate Communism in his May Day speech, it would
be necessary to conclude that the CommuniSts had gained
the upper hand in Havana. The Foreign Ministry was es-
pecially alarmed by this assessment in view of Cunha's
earlier views.
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The Brazilian Government probably is also fearful that
Opposition presidential candidate Janio Quadros will arrange
an elaborate reception for Dorticos in Rio de Janeiro and
that this could lead to disorders. Quadros visited Cuba
during late March in an effort to capture the leftist and
working-class vote in Brazil. Since his return he has
stoutly defended the Cuban regime.
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