FP Headline: Obama Makes Brazil Swoon (story resonates in racially diverse Brazil)

Washington Post ^ | March 20, 2011 | Juan Forero

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Brazil is a big gumbo of ethnicities, its people proud of their diversity and confident their country is among the most tolerant of nations. But this country — a leading center of black culture — has never had a black president.

.....Obama’s story — the humble beginnings and the rise to prominence and power — is familiar here. And so is his race, which has struck a chord in a country with the world’s second-largest black population, after Nigeria.

Portuguese explorers settled Brazil, followed by waves of Spaniards, Italians, Germans and other Europeans. But about half of its nearly 200 million people are black or of mixed race, descendants of the African slaves shipped in chains from West Africa and Mozambique to work the fields here.

....Lula’s successor, Rousseff, a guerrilla in the late 1960s who was jailed and tortured by the former military dictatorship, took office Jan. 1.

On Saturday after Obama arrived, Rousseff said she feels a special bond with him because he is the first black man elected to the presidency in the United States and her election marked the first time a woman had led Brazil.

Her personal narrative, and that of Obama, is not lost on those watching with anticipation for the U.S. president’s arrival. “Our roots are similar,” said Gustavo Luiz da Paixao, 19, who is black and is a Catholic activist in City of God. “We are very happy because there is a black person in power [in the United States], just the same way we are pleased that we elected a woman president.”

...“I’m proud,” he said, “very proud, because the public forces came into the community, gave us support and order.”

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.....forces came into the community, gave us support and order.”

First elected black president of the United States

First elected woman president of Brazil.

Their commonality isn't a "first" in ethnicity or gender, it is their communist politics.

Inacio Lula and Dilma Rousseff meet President Obama, September 2009

".....Dilma Rousseff is the daughter of an exiled Bulgarian Communist Party activist and a wealthy Brazillian ranching family, Rousseff joined Marxist anti-government guerillas in the 1960s in armed struggle against the then military government.

Taught Marxism in high school, Rousseff joined several revolutionary groups as a young woman, including Command of National Liberation (COLINA).

In early 1969, the police invaded the group’s house and the militants responded by using a machine gun, which killed two policemen and wounded another.

Dilma went underground, later participating in the formation of the Revolutionary Armed Vanguard Palmares. After that group split , Dilma was sent to Sao Paolo , where she was charged with guarding the groups weapons-which she hid under bed.........

....In March 2010, leading Communist Party USA member Emile Schepers, writing in the Peoples World, observed that “the the Rousseff victory in powerful and wealthy Brazil will be very welcome to the Latin American left and working class.” He also stated that Rousseff’s victory will continue the policies of the wildly popular former President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, “including the push for the horizontal integration of Latin American economies to make them less dependent on their relationships with the United States.”

In July this year Schepers wrote again on the upcoming Brazil election. Speaking of foreign policy, he stated “at stake is whether Brazil will continue on a progressive and independent course, or whether it will be brought back in line with U.S. desires.” and later on, “Brazil also annoyed the United States by joining with Turkey in trying to come up with a peaceful solution to the issue of Iran’s nuclear policy.”

“In foreign policy, Brazil, under the leadership of Lula… has played a bold role that has been applauded by left-wing governments such as those of Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador.”

The election of Rousseff has served to strengthen the “Lula”/Cuban instigated “Red Tide” that has swept most of Latin America.

U.S. patriots would do well to keep an eye on their southern neighbor, and ensure that their own U.S. legislators do not cave in to whatever socialist foreign policy agendas Dilma Rousseff and her new government may propose. Source

Ex-Guerrilla on Cusp of Power in Brazil

[Mr. K]

They can keep him if they love him so much

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Obama's propping up a communist leader instead of allowing us to drill our own oil.

March 19, 2011Obama says US to be major purchaser of Brazilian oil [excerpt]......Mr Obama spoke of the US's desire to secure more of its oil from Brazil in future after talks with his counterpart, President Dilma Rousseff, in Brasilia at the start of a two-day visit to Latin America's biggest country. "I have told her that the United States wants to be a major customer, which can be a win-win for both our countries," he said.

Brazil possesses some of the world's biggest offshore oil reserves in the pre-salt area off its south-east coast. Ms Rousseff has stated her desire to export the vast majority of oil from the fields as the country concentrates on using renewable sources of energy such as hydroelectric power and ethanol for domestic needs.

Speaking in a newspaper interview just before Mr Obama's arrival, she made what seemed a clear sales pitch, asking “which other country in the world has the oil reserves that Brazil has, that is not at war, that does not have an ethnic conflict, which respects contracts, has clear democratic principles and vision, is generous and in favour of peace?”

Mike Froman, a senior White House adviser on international economic affairs, also spoke of a "natural potential strategic partnership"with Brazil.

Much of the money raised from deals to sell oil to the US and other countries could go towards infrastructure improvements as the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro approach. Mr Obama's visit to Brasilia also saw the US sign an agreement to help Brazil in its preparations for the sporting events, which could see America training security teams and helping with planning and infrastructure challenges.....[end excerpt]

[Venturer]

A typical Washington Post puff piece about how our Hybrid made good. Too bad the story doesn’t end with his election. It doesn’t go into the details of how he is clueless on economics, foreign policy, and spends more time kissing the butts of foreign leaders than paying attention to what is happening in the world.

The sorriest President to ever hit Pennsylvania Avenue.

[mewzilla]

Then why cancel his presser...?

[svcw]

He is not the first black president, he is the first half black president.
He did not have humble beginnings, he went to the best private schools and raised by his rich white grandparents,

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Official photo by Roberto Stuckert Filho. Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and US president Barack Obama in Brasilia on Saturday, March 19. It is Obama's first visit to Brazil. The two leaders signed agreements on biofuels cooperation, among other things.

March 19, 2011: In US-Brazil Joint Statement, World Cup, Energy and Brazil’s UN Hopes

[excerpt] ".......President Obama expressed appreciation for Brazil’s aspiration to become a permanent member of the Security Council, and acknowledged its assumption of global responsibilities. The two leaders agreed to continued consultation and cooperation between the two countries to achieve the vision outlined in the UN Charter of a more peaceful and secure world....."

[jennings2004]

But, but, where’s the part about “rubber bullets” being fired against those who were not swooning about Dear Leader?

[peyton randolph]

Translation: Third World sh*thole approves of Third World dictator who conned his way into the White House using skin color.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

He is not....He did not...

The narrative is what this communist insurgency wants it to be.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Translation: .........

Translation: you focus on color and gender and miss their communist agenda.

[bigheadfred]

Translation: you focus on color and gender and miss their communist agenda.

Translation: All I see is red and I know that agender well...

[NWFLConservative]

"But this country — a leading center of black culture — has never had a black president....."

Neither have we, ours is a MULATTO. Though, he could never get the same amount of political mileage if he touted himself a mulatto instead of black. It is all part of the "Big Lie" that encompasses his whole worthless life.

[dennisw]

“Our Hybrid made good”
-— an accurate description of our hot house flower dunce who can’t speak coherently without a teleprompter

[Dallas59]

This guy needs to go. 2012 can’t get here soon enough.

[Artie]

“Mike Froman, a senior White House adviser on international economic affairs,”

Could he possibly be the son of Abe Froman, The Sausage KING of Chicago?

(It boggles the mind what I think about during a 12 hr shift)

[mewzilla]

an accurate description of our hot house flower dunce who can’t speak coherently without a teleprompter

Or Jeff Immelt.

[mewzilla]

You got me curious, so.....

Michael Froman

Quite an interesting resume the guy's got.

[dennisw]

You are semi-psychic -—

“Mike Froman, 46, grew up in the Loch Lomond neighborhood of San Rafael. His father, Abe Froman, ran Braverman’s furniture store until he retired in 1996. The younger Froman graduated from Tamalpais School for Boys, now the Branson School. FromanFroman, 46, grew up in the Loch Lomond neighborhood of San Rafael. His father, Abe Froman, ran Braverman’s furniture store until he retired in 1996. The younger Froman graduated from Tamalpais School for Boys, now the Branson School. Froman”
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_11054933

[paulycy]

Though, he could never get the same amount of political mileage if he touted himself a mulatto instead of black

He could never get the same amount of *liberal* political mileage as a mulatto. He could go a long ways as a moderate or conservative if he simply said that he was of mixed blood. To me that distinction is important and telling.