Retro Raunch Revisit

JUN 14, 1926: Brazil leaves the League of Nations over frustration of not being granted a permanent seat on its Council. While not the first country to withdraw (Costa Rica in Dec 1924), it was one of the first permanent non-member states (alongside Belgium, Greece and Spain) to do so. With the LON formed at the end of WWI as an international co-operative body to settle foreign disputes and prevent future war through negotiation & arbitration, and maintain peace, Brazil was unapologetic in its disappointment & criticisms citing the League was too dominated by European powers overly focused on that continent's affairs at the expense of neglecting other regional interests such as those in South & Latin America. The situation was further enflamed by Brazil threatening to veto Germany's granting of a Council seat to which President Arthur Bernardes was blamed for mismanaging diplomatic relations with neighboring countries Argentina and Uruguay, that turned into a fiasco for harming their national image abroad as he tried to impose his will more than considering public opinion. The absence of the USA from the LON (ironically of which President Woodrow Wilson was the idealistic brainchild and had been the formation's top advocate) had also largely contributed to the perception of the League not being truly global and therefore lacking a controlling influence. The League saw subsequent withdrawls from Japan in Mar 1933 due to sanctions for their invasion of Manchuria, Germany in Oct 1933 as a rejected move against the Treaty of Versaille's imposed restrictions, Paraguay in Feb 1935 after the Chaco War with Bolivia, Italy in Nov 1937 over sanctions from their war in Ethiopia, Spain in May 1939 citing the LON's inability to stop Axis aggression, and Russia being expelled in Dec 1939 for their invasion of Finland.