Pan-Americanism. He spent many years in both England and France, where he was a strong proponent of Pan-Americanism, presiding over the 1906 Pan-Americanism conference. Following Nabuco's death on January 17, 1910, the Pan-American Building in Washington, D.C. was finally completed. At the dedication ceremony the Secretary of State said the following words about him: “One voice that should have spoken here today is silent, but many of us cannot forget or cease to mourn and to honor our dear and noble friend, Joaquim Nabuco. Ambassador from Brazil, dean of the American diplomatic corps, respected, admired, trusted, loved and followed by all of us, he was a commanding figure in the international movement of which the creation of this building is part…” His best known work is his autobiography Minha formação, published in 1900. It vividly portrays the slave-holding society in 19th century Brazil. Of his major works, Minha formação and O abolicionismo have been translated into English, as My Formative Years and Abolitionism respectively. References External links 1849 births 1910 deaths People from Recife Brazilian diplomats Ambassadors of Brazil to the United States Ambassadors of Brazil to the United Kingdom Brazilian autobiographers Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Joaquim Aurelio Barreto Nabuco de Araujo Christian abolitionists Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters Brazilian monarchists Liberal Party (Brazil) politicians