Desenho Aquarela do Brasil

During World War II, Walt Disney--on behalf of the United States Department of War--visited South America to brainstorm ideas for new Disney cartoons that would create American support abroad as part of Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor policy".

Disney's creation was Jose (Joe) Carioca, a parrot from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jose Carioca and Donald Duck first appeared in 1942, and later the avian duo joined together with a Mexican rooster named Panchito Pistoles in the 1943 cartoon "The Three Caballeros".