{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["brazil-11464d8d64c4a0"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/cyro-de-freitas-valle-9108b2ffee/","countrySlug":"brazil","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/cyro-de-freitas-valle-9108b2ffee/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Cyro de Freitas Valle trained in law in São Paulo and entered diplomacy in 1918. Early assignments in South America and Europe led to work on boundaries, international agreements, and ministry administration. He served at the Washington embassy in the 1930s, including as chargé in 1934, and later became secretary-general of Itamaraty and acting foreign minister. Oswaldo Aranha was his cousin.","As ambassador in Berlin from 1939 to 1942, Freitas Valle reported on wartime trade and European politics. His correspondence included an argument in 1940 that German predominance could check communism. After Brazil broke relations with the Axis, he and other Brazilian diplomats were held at Baden-Baden before returning home. Subsequent postings included Canada, Argentina, and Chile.","His later career was closely tied to the United Nations. He signed the Charter in 1945, helped prepare the organization’s first meetings, represented Brazil on the Security Council, and became permanent representative in 1955. Historian Eugênio Vargas Garcia identifies him as the probable originator of Brazil’s custom of opening the General Assembly’s general debate: he spoke first in 1949 and 1950, and helped restore the practice in 1955 after an interruption. He also warned privately that automatic alignment with Washington weakened Brazil’s credibility and ambitions for a larger international role.","Before retiring in 1961, Freitas Valle sent fourteen farewell communications on the practical work of diplomacy. Published as Vale Dico, they discussed administration, language, records, and the obligations of public service. His papers are held at CPDOC. He died in 1969."],"id":"brazil:cyro de freitas valle","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-9108b2ffee6c08435b07.html","name":"Cyro de Freitas Valle","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["cyro-fgv"],["cyro-fgv"],["cyro-garcia2013"],["cyro-valedico","cyro-garcia2013","cyro-fgv"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-9108b2ffee6c08435b07.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[{"certainty":"confirmed","name":"Oswaldo Aranha","note":"FGV identifies Oswaldo Aranha as his cousin.","profileUrl":"diplomat-5eba66a97a514174627d.html","sourceIds":["cyro-fgv"],"targetId":"brazil:oswaldo aranha","type":"cousin_of"}],"relationships":[{"certainty":"confirmed","note":"FGV identifies Oswaldo Aranha as his cousin.","sourceIds":["cyro-fgv"],"targetId":"brazil:oswaldo aranha","type":"cousin_of"}],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"400d49578f4b32e5","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"","id":"cyro-fgv","locator":"Full biographical entry","publisher":"FGV CPDOC","title":"Ciro de Freitas Vale","type":"scholarship","url":"https://www18.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-biografico/vale-ciro-de-freitas"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2013","id":"cyro-garcia2013","locator":"Printed pp. 713–742, especially 715–716, 722–723 and 737–741","publisher":"FUNAG","title":"Eugênio Vargas Garcia, Cyro de Freitas-Valle: Nações Unidas, o Brasil primeiro","type":"scholarship","url":"https://funag.gov.br/loja/download/3-Pensamento-Diplomatico-Brasileiro-Vol3.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2001","id":"cyro-valedico","locator":"Publisher’s description; read alongside Garcia’s discussion of the texts","publisher":"FUNAG","title":"Vale Dico: despedida do Itamaraty","type":"primary-record","url":"https://funag.gov.br/biblioteca-nova/produto/1-650-vale_dico_despedida_do_itamaraty"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"Accessed 26 October 2026","id":"mission-759fca5789687b8b2893","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"Historical representation: Empire of Brazil","type":"Mission record","url":"https://funag.gov.br/loja/download/legacoes_embaixadas.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"Accessed 22 October 2026","id":"mission-eebaed080015c9d2c3ab","locator":"Official lot purchase, 1908 commission, architect/builder and exact 12 September 1934 sale. Updated 11 January 2024.","publisher":"","title":"Embassy of Brazil — A Residência","type":"Mission record","url":"https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/embaixada-washington/a-residencia"}],"topics":["United Nations","diplomatic administration","Second World War"]},"schemaVersion":1}