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Events on Thursday 15 January 1942 1
1942Rio de Janeiro ConferenceAmerican republics recommend breaking ties with the AxisForeign ministers of the American republics met in Rio de Janeiro after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The conference recommended that member states break diplomatic relations with Germany, Italy and Japan. Most Latin American countries did so within weeks.