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===Good Neighbor Policy to Brazil===

Brazil had the most important branch of the Office of Inter-American Affairs on the entire continent. In all, 13 regional offices were created in different Brazilian capitals. Given Brazil's strategic importance for World War II, the country was the target of an immense U.S. propaganda effort, mainly through films, cartoons, and documentaries. According to one historian, from 1942 to 1945, relations between Brazil and the United States were intense. Many American artistic and intellectual personalities were in Brazil working on behalf of the Good Neighbor Policy, including [[Walt Disney]], [[Orson Welles]], [[Samuel G. Engel]], [[Gregg Toland]], and [[John Ford]]. During the war, U.S. propaganda films were seen by over 70 million Brazilian viewers.<ref>VALIM, Alexandre Busko. Brazil, the United States, and the Good Neighbor Policy: the triumph of persuasion during World War II. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2019</ref>

In October 1940, the CIAA reached out to [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Disney Studios]] in effort to increase meaningful relationships between the United States and Latin America. As German and fascist influence began to expand around the world, the United States wanted to keep nations such as Argentina and Brazil close.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ratzlaff |first=Adam |date=2023-06-07 |title=Birds of a feather?: Lessons on U.S. cultural diplomacy from Walt Disney during the Good Neighbor Policy |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10286632.2022.2078317 |journal=International Journal of Cultural Policy |language=en |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=415–430 |doi=10.1080/10286632.2022.2078317 |issn=1028-6632|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Starting in August 1941 Walt Disney and his team would take a three-month tour through Latin America to mainly receive a better understanding of the area for their respective films. Starting in Brazil, the Disney Studios team would explore the country while working with the Brazilian people in order to prepare for future films. There were eventually two films that were produced in result of the Walt Disney Project; those two films being ''[[Saludos Amigos]]'' and ''[[The Three Caballeros]].'' These two films included the likes of the famous Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck characters, who had become worldwide known figures. The two films, which were released in Latin America, worked to build better relations by including famous Disney characters into the world of Latin America. Walt Disney's portray of the Good Neighbor Policy seemed to be a success, as these films seemed to be very useful.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lénárt |first=András |date=2024-07-02 |title=Donald Duck goes south: Walt Disney and the Inter-American relations |url=https://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue27/HTML/ArticleLenart.html |journal=Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media |language=en |issue=27 |pages=24–36 |doi=10.33178/alpha.27.03 |issn=2009-4078}}</ref>