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Fast travel over South America's great distances is the toughest part of the staff correspondent's job. Said Rio Bureau Chief Frank White a fortnight ago : "We often hold our story conferences in the back of our Jeepster. Everybody sleeps with a map of Brazil, plus assorted airlines timetables, on his night table." Just back from a 7,000-mile trip up the Amazon Valley, White sometimes covers points in northern Brazil that are closer to the United States than to his home in Rio.
White recently had this to say about his assignment: "With its huge untapped frontiers, its booming, get-rich-quick economy, Brazil sometimes gives me the impression I'm reviewing great chapters in U.S. history. It's big, it's challenging, and it's fun."
The same can be said for all of our last decade's work and friendship in Latin America.
Cordially,