page_title: José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco
section_title: Other success
hierarchical_section_title: José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco / Resolved boundary disputes / Other success
caption_attribution_description: Português: Estátua do Barão do Rio Branco, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
context_page_description: José Maria da Silva Paranhos Jr., Baron of Rio Branco was a Brazilian diplomat, geographer, historian, monarchist, politician and professor, considered to be the "father of Brazilian diplomacy". He was the son of statesman José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco. The Baron of Rio Branco was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, occupying its 34th chair from 1898 until his death in 1912. As a representative of Brazil, through his diplomacy, he managed to peacefully resolve all Brazil's border disputes with its South American neighbours
context_section_description: Rio Branco has negotiated with Uruguay the condominium on the Rio Jaguarão and Lagoon Mirim, essentially a voluntary concession from Brazil to a neighbor who needed those channels. For this reason, he was honored by the government of Uruguay, and his name was given to the old Pueblo Artigas, now the city of Río Branco, in the department of Cerro Largo, near the Brazilian Jaguarão.
  The municipality of Paranhos, in Mato Grosso do Sul, located on the border with Paraguay was baptized in his honor.
  In 1908, then in Rio de Janeiro, he invited the engineer Augusto Ferreira Ramos to design a cable car system that would facilitate access to the summit of Morro da Urca, known worldwide as the Sugar Loaf.
  In 1909, his name was suggested for the presidential succession of the following year. Rio Branco preferred to decline any candidacy that was not of national unanimity.
  He was president of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute (1907-1912) and wrote two books.
  His son, Paulo do Rio Branco, was a prominent French-born Brazilian rugby player.
caption: Statue of Rio Branco in Porto Alegre.
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