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01 of 19Young diplomats in the communications and documentation department
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02 of 19A bridge connecting the palace and main annex
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03 of 19Security guard outside Celso Amorim’s office
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04 of 19Adriana Telles Ribeiro who works in the undersecretariat for Brazilian communities abroad
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05 of 19Room used for press conferences, with headphone sockets for simultaneous translation
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06 of 19Main façade. The marble sculpture, ‘Meteoro’ (1966-67), is by Bruno Giorgi
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07 of 19Antonio Augusto Martins Cesar who works on the Africa desk
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08 of 19Spanish class at the Rio Branco Institute
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09 of 19 Library at the ministry
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10 of 19Communications department director Hélio Vitor Ramos Filho. He has spent 30 years in the service with postings to Rome, Lima, Washington and Lisbon
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11 of 19Roberto Moreira: the ministry’s in-house barber for that diplomat’s look
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12 of 19In the main annex each floor has wall panels in a different colour. The security guard does not always match the decor
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13 of 19Aletha Pennati Migita who works in protocol and has to explain to visiting dignitaries about the help-yourself state lunches
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14 of 19Rio de Janeiro room for formal events. Chairs by Bernardo Figueiredo were inspired by the palace’s architecture
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15 of 19Garden by Burle Marx with bronze sculpture ‘Three Ladies’ (1939) by Lasar Segall
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16 of 19Reception area
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17 of 19Canteen. Staff get a two-hour lunch break so many head to nearby malls for food
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18 of 19Entrance to the grand reception hall
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19 of 19Gilberto Fonseca-Guimarães de Moura who works with the BRIC nations. Former postings include: East Berlin, Ottawa, La Paz, Paris, Warsaw and Berlin (post-unification)
