Obama promises Brazil will be treated the same way as China and India
Addressing the Brazilian Industry Federation, in Brasilia President Barack Obama emphasized the possibilities for partnership between the two countries mentioning trade, energy, infrastructure and education. The US leader said that “the future has arrived in Brazil” and promised the US would deal with the country in the same way it does with China and India.
Obama started by saying that being in Brazil was a great joy, and thanking his hosts on behalf of his wife Michelle and family for the warm welcome they received.
The US president said it was a pity that he had to come only days after the Carnival but: “my only regret is that we missed the party by coming a few weeks after Carnival. Maybe that's the best -- since I'm not sure I would have had the same level of productivity from my staff”.
Obama pointed out that in the last two centuries, there was never such a promising moment for Brazil, and pointed out that the country is now the seventh largest economy worldwide and achieved stability in the last few years.
“So what has been accomplished here in Brazil is nothing short of remarkable”, said Obama to the audience of businessmen. “It's often been said that Brazil is a country for the future. Well, that future has now arrived”.
Among the areas for partnership between the two countries, Obama mentioned bilateral trade, which would create jobs in both countries. “So there is no question that the United States and Brazil benefit from the economic ties we've developed over the years”.
To make this partnership even better, Obama said that he and President Rousseff would establish a new dialogue making possible that the US deals with Brazil in the same way that it deals with China and India. That statement was received with a loud ovation by the audience.
Obama also spoke about energy. “The oil you recently discovered off the shores of Brazil could amount to twice the reserves we have in the United States”, he said, adding that the US want to help Brazil with the technology needed to extract it and, when Brazil is ready to begin selling the commodity, “we want to be one of your best customers”.
Obama also said that the two countries are expanding their cooperation on bio fuels.
Another point dealt with by Obama was infrastructure. He mentioned the World Soccer Cup of 2014, to be hosted by Brazil -“the only nation that's a five-time champion -- although the US is getting better, you have to admit. We're getting better”- and the 2016 Summer Olympics. And, although claiming to be sad for Rio having defeated his hometown Chicago, he said that his country does not want to just watch from the stands.
“US companies stand ready to help you meet this challenge”, for instance in the engineering and construction fields.
On Sunday in Rio do Janeiro after a quick talk with the directors of Flamengo soccer club Obama will visit the Christ the Redeemer statue, one of Rio de Janeiro landmarks.
Later, he will visit the Cidade de Deus favela (shanty town) in western Rio where a neighbours’ pacification and drugs cleansing operation is under implementation. Obama is scheduled to meet state officials for a luncheon and then will head for the Municipal Theatre for a speech.
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Obama's 'A puppy for Christmas' statement.
Brasil's infrastructure needs are right across a sub-continent, not just in Rio.
Huge cities with exploding populations, no reliable electricity, no sewerage to speak of, no road sub-structure, no building standards, no town planning, no advanced port management systems, pollution, dereliction and jerry-building everywhere.
Even if all prospective oil wealth (including oil revenues from the USA) were spent on infrastructure (and none on Education), it would not be enough to bring the country's infrastructure up to First World standards.
Expect loans, not gifts;
but expect some loosening of commodity trade embargos/restrictions on Brasilian exports, and many more US scholarships for top-rate Brasilian students.
yes, puns are good - very English.
You may be making a tyfuss or be feeling a bit choleric.
Typhoon has a different root, and allusions to hurricanes/cyclones are more appropriate; either that or linking with Darkness, Niggers, or Narcissi through Conrad.
Yup, I like crosswords . . . but cross words win turnips.
I'm not necessarily a fan of Obama but you people are being incredibly stupid and hypocritical.
It would be like blaming Raul Alfonsin after the junta dictatorship, or the K's after Menem. Destroy a country then blame it on whoever comes next to pick up the the pieces.
Whatever...
Martin, that's an illusion. It's not only bush who f$cked up his own nation. You have to go back in time when the Federal Reserve was created and when the US unplugged the dollar from the gold standerd. Today, the US is being f*cked up faster by Lawyers, Lobbiest and kool aid drinkers like Geotard who believe in the bogus left and right nonsense and continue to believe that the US is a “first world nation”.
Reality is, Obama is a joker, the US is a banana republic and the people in the US are brain dead. How sad isn't that.
And yes, I live in the US.
I once told a 'college educated' individual that certain areas in Argentina were terribly cold, I actually had to explain to him that the Earth had two ice caps, one at each pole, just so he could grasp the concept that Patagonia could be every bit as cold as Alaska. He thought that anything South of the border had to be hot.
And this one is my favorite, I have to share it with you guys... haha
The first day in the US, I was walking to the store and I stopped at a light, one of the people walking with me... friend of a friend, said to me: “The green light means go, and red means stop”. I looked at her thinking... 'Are you for real?'
: P
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
politics, no more no less
Uh, no, she wasn't
13 rylang23,
Just look at the budget cuts on education alone, what kind of “superpower” does that? A Third-grader from Argentina knows more about Geography than a Twelve-grader from the US, personal experience.
14 briton,
Then the Americans obviously want their kids to be complete idiots. You haven't got a clue of what you're talking about.
the Americans will only give as much as is required to achieve what is wanted, no more , no less
if this is not true, then you have an alternative then
you are in fact in denial, you like the British, but dare not say , encase other argie bloggers condemn you.
once a British mole,, ALWAYS a British mole.
once in denial always in denial,
don’t you just envy us, that’s why you insult us,
you always insult the ones you love, and martin you love the British.
so get used to it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
She's from British descended, though she's taking care of her teeth (for the show)
All politics, the Americans will only give as much as is required to achieve what is wanted, no more , no less
politics, no more no less
That's a comment from a brainless lap dog of the Americans. Funny, Americans also enjoy bashing those dummy Brits.
whoof whoof
And yet, you said nothing. You just said I called you an idiot, which you are.
You know nothing about Argentine or US education, I went to school in both countries.
All you can do is make sarcastic remarks, but in the end you still know nothing.
you cannot be Argentinean [why] because you denounce every comment even when it praises Argentina, the only fool on here is a British mole who denies it, where you go insults follow you. you like your fellow bloggers just cannot handle or except the truth, Argentina would be better of without people like you and your fellow bloggers who do nothing but insult your own country, that’s the truth.
you have no self respect, and no respect for others,
that’s why no one has any respect for you . but of course the great martin with a British name does not care about nothing but himself, and insulting me and my fellow bloggers just shows the difference between us, ,,and you still lost the bloody Falklands and you will never get them back. insult insult insults that’s all you can do . bla bla bla
“Martín Fierro is a 2,316 line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Fierro
That's where my screen-name comes from.
“you like your fellow bloggers just cannot handle or except the truth” You mean accept, go back to school, or the closest approximation to it.
Just because I set you straight in your own childish language doesn't mean that I'm not Argentine. I'm from Rosario, Argentina. Where the flag was first raised and where Che Guevara was born.
Now you're just ranting nonsense, nothing you just said proves how you could possibly know more about Argentine and US education than me.
And the truth is that you still know nothing, try sticking to the context for once and you'll see what I mean.
you but criticise all that you do not understand, to be truthful for a man that claims to be educated to a high standard, ,is Argentinean and American educated, you are very bad at communicating, the American education must have been a bad influence on you.
their is nothing wrong with the language, you interpret it badly,
besides if you knew anything about the English language, you would know very well that all birth brits talk slang, and that is what creeps in,
you are taught the queens English , we speak the British dialect,
simple just like cricket, as for your flag, very good, ive no idea where my flag [the union jack was first raised]
but you probably do, being educated and the like .and guess what you spoke 13 lines without one insult, my britishness must be catching , tally ho
mmmmmm
My English isn't good enough to communicate... ok
You know what... you must be right, I have no idea of what we're talking about now.
“you denounce every comment even when it praises Argentina” - I don't know where you got that from, I certainly don't denounce every comment.
besides no body every realy speaks proper English unless you are posh
or went to harrow, still your conversaion is improving nicely,
carry on ,
I speak proper - I must be posh !
But does Posh speak proper? I doubt she went to Harrow!
:-)
That's exactly how ugly Brits with bad teeth bark. Good job briton.
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