Obama off to look for jobs for workers in the United States

[rabs]

In BRAZIL, CHILE AND EL SALVADOR.




OBAMA'S FOREIGN TRIP TO FOCUS ON U.S. JOBS
By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY
Updated 1h 1m ago |

WASHINGTON — President Obama's foreign policy focus shifts to Latin America today as he heads south on a six-day trip in pursuit of his top task at home: creating jobs.

After weeks of attention to pro-democracy movements in the Middle East and devastation in Japan, Obama will highlight more positive foreign news — the booming economy in Brazil and the diminution of anti-American sentiment in much of Latin America — and ways the United States can capitalize on it.

"In this increasingly interconnected and fiercely competitive world, our top priority as a nation has to be creating and sustaining new jobs and new opportunities for our people," Obama writes in an op-ed for USA TODAY.

Obama's staff points to dramatic economic progress across the region over the past decade that makes it ripe for increased exports from the U.S. and more opportunities for U.S. businesses.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-03-18-obamalatin18_ST_N.htm?csp=34news

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I shudder to think how this story will be ripped to pieces if Peace Patriot happens to read it. :evilgrin:

-- So Obama, with the federal government financed three more weeks, is taking six days away from the White House and hopping on the great-big, blue-and-white Cadillac in the sky to go to Brasilia, Rio, Santiago and San Salvador. (The messy things in Japan and Libya can be monitored from afar, according to one his flacks.)

-- The second paragraph claims "diminution of anti-American sentiment in much of Latin America ..."

That is interesting, except the reporter neglects where that is happening. Wonder if she ever heard of the siege of the Brazilian Embassy in Teguz by the Obama/Hil tolerated golpists? Or that a sizeable portion of Chileans have not forgotten the U.S.-backed coup against Allende, or that a lot of Salvadorans have unpleasant memories of the bloody, U.S.-backed ARENA during that country's conflict.

I get the impression the USA TODAY reporter is clueless about Latin America and dutifully mimics the pr handouts from the WH. To think that USA TODAY is read nationally.

sheesh ...

[Judi Lynn]

1. Whole lot of politician gibberish offered about this trip. Why are they so afraid to tell the truth?

Divide and conquer. It's the only method this country would consider using. _Bush tried it when he did his not-so-fabulous Latin American sweep, and essentially got his ass handed to him.

Hope everyone will stand his/her ground.

Appreciated a look at the chart for his trip. He's not stopping in Guatemala, where the Mayan priests had to perform a ritual purification after _Bush left the site of an ancient temple.

Some of us feel that way, too.

[Bacchus39]

2. not too much for support for our Democratic president I see from the board

Obama as of 2010 is the most popular leader in the hemisphere according to the latinobarometer. Obama can monitor world events from Chile and Brazil just as easily as from Washington.

Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador will be delighted to host Obama. I doubt there is much concern about Honduras in those countries particularly with El Salvador and Chile having recognized Lobo.