brazil temporarily conceded the u.s. some space in northeastern brazil so the north american nation could launch its planes to fight the axis in europe and africa (the brazilian northeastern coastline is the easternmost point in the americas). see also "second rubber boom". in 1944, brazil also sent the brazilian expeditionary force to be commanded by the u.s. army in europe. vargas was pleased by franklin roosevelt's promise that brazil would be granted a permanent seat at the u.n. security council, a promise the u.s. was later unable to fulfill due to resistance from the soviet union and the u.k.