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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-14-09 07:23 PM
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Obama he has 'unique' chance (re Latin America)
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Edited on Sat Mar-14-09 07:24 PM by EFerrari
Source: Sky News Online (Australia)

Updated: 10:24, Sunday March 15, 2009

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said President Barack Obama had a unique chance to transform relations with Latin America, as he became the region's first leader to size up the new US head of state on Saturday.

The crippled global economy dominated the talks, just a few weeks before the G20 summit of developed and developing nations in London on April 2.

The two leaders also discussed alternative energy and stalled global trade talks.

Lula, who made a public call for developed nations to help thaw frozen credit markets that are punishing developing economies, said Obama was in a unique and exceptional position to improve relationships with Latin America.

Read more: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=312007
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  -Obama he has 'unique' chance (re Latin America) EFerrari  Mar-14-09 07:23 PM   #0 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-14-09 07:34 PM   #1 
  - I would like our country to support freedom and progress.  trthnd4jstc   Mar-14-09 07:50 PM   #2 
  - Thanks for your post.  Ghost Dog   Mar-14-09 08:56 PM   #3 
  - Democracy has never been so healthy in Latin America.  EFerrari   Mar-14-09 09:59 PM   #4 
     - Yes!  trthnd4jstc   Mar-14-09 10:02 PM   #5 
     - Absolutely! Things have been so screwed since Eisenhower overthrew the Guatemalan President  Judi Lynn   Mar-14-09 10:36 PM   #6 
  - Obama should better ties with Cuba, says Lula  Judi Lynn   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #7 
     - I hope these two good men can make this happen.  EFerrari   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #8 
     - "a relationship of trust not interference" Yes!  leftstreet   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #9 
     - Agreed  Kievan Rus   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #10 
     - Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is asking President Obama to drop the embargo against Cuba,  Judi Lynn   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #12 
     - yes, yes and yes....and all of So. America ...  movonne   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #11 
     - YES, WE CAN!  polichick   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #13 
     - I hope the neocons read this and chew on their coffee cups!  EFerrari   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #14 
     - Many conservatives I know want the embargo lifted  hack89   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #18 
        - Then why has Castro agitated for all these years to get the embargo removed? Reverse psychology? nt  Judi Lynn   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #19 
        - A majority of conservatives do support the embargo  hack89   Mar-15-09 08:49 AM   #25 
        - I sincerely doubt that. The conservatives have had an active lobby  EFerrari   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #20 
           - That has more to do with Florida politics  hack89   Mar-15-09 08:42 AM   #24 
              - Half of my family might as well live in Miami, then, lol,  EFerrari   Mar-15-09 04:56 PM   #26 
     - don't pray  bgr1938   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #15 
     - Welcome to DU, bge1938.  EFerrari   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #21 
     - Yes . . . reversals that are long overdue . . . !!!  defendandprotect   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #16 
     - Abajo con el bloqueo n/t  espiral   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #17 
     - So now Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia are FOES of the US?  mikehiggins   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #22 
     - You forgot Ecuador, Nicaragua and Paraguay!  EFerrari   Mar-15-09 04:59 PM   #27 
     - Our unwillingness to put democracy over corporate interests creates repressive regimes  RufusTFirefly   Mar-15-09 08:15 AM   #23 
        - My tin foil hat says, when we end the blockade, we'll know our shadow  EFerrari   Mar-15-09 05:01 PM   #28 
 

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