Lula backs Obama for US presidency

[Judi Lynn]

Lula backs Obama for US presidency
Web posted at: 6/16/2008 1:18:18
Source ::: Reuters

SAO PAULO • Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday that a Barack Obama presidency would be a watershed moment for the United States, but he stopped short of endorsing the Democratic candidate.

Lula evoked the work of Jose Bento Monteiro Lobato, a famous Brazilian writer in the first half of the 20th century, to stress the significance of an African American becoming president of the United States.

“Monteiro Lobato wrote that one day a woman and a black candidate would run for the presidency of the United States, and that’s what is happening with Barack Obama,” he said in an interview with the newspaper Jornal do Brasil.

“I think that the American electorate is undergoing a revolution. If Obama wins it will be a huge step forward. It would be one of the biggest events in the last 100 years.”

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