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The XIII Forum of the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies (IFPS), on the theme “The Multiple Faces of Perversion” and hosted by the Círculo Psicoanalítico de Minais Gerais (CPMG), took place in Belo Horizonte, Minais Gerais, Brazil, at the end of August 2004. Javert Rodrigues, the chairman of the local organizing committee, had for years told us how lovely the town was, how friendly and hospitable Brazilian people were and how successful psychoanalysis was in Brazil, so we were happy finally to have the chance to experience this. About six hours by car from Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, founded in 1897, has over 2.5 million inhabitants and is the third largest (and richest) Brazilian town after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Arriving on the Friday August 20, I was able, together with the other members of the Editorial Board, to visit the old mining capital, Ouro Preto, and enjoy the colourful and wild Brazilian landscape. The Editorial Board worked through the Saturday, hosted by the local society, represented by Eliana Rodrigues Pereira Mendes and Paulo Ceccarelli. The CPMG, founded in 1963, has a very well-organized training institute, with a rich collection of books and tapes. Our Brazilian colleagues were even able to produce a videotape to celebrate their fortieth anniversary on the history and scientific profile (basically Freudian and Lacanian) of their society.
On the Sunday, the Executive Committee of the IFPS were, among other things, able to develop a good exchange with the Editors-in-Chief on the future of the International Forum of Psychoanalysis and on collaboration with the publisher, Taylor & Francis. The Assembly of Delegates, which met on Monday, congratulated the Editorial Board for the journal having been accepted for inclusion in the next PEP disk (the CD-Rom featuring the major psychoanalytic journals and all articles published by them, due to appear in 2005), and also approved three new societies joining the Federation: Schwei