Saturday, March 19, 2011

First Green President praises Brazil's alleged leadership in fighting global warming; also says that the US wants to buy lots of Brazilian fossil fuel

Remarks by President Obama and President Rousseff of Brazil in Brasilia, Brazil | FavStocks
Brazil is a regional leader promoting greater cooperation across the Americas and, increasingly, Brazil is a global leader, a world leader, going from a recipient of foreign aid to a donor nation, pointing the way to a world without nuclear weapons and being in the forefront of global efforts to confront climate change.
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We’re creating a new strategic energy dialogue to make sure that the highest levels of our governments are working together to seize new opportunities. In particular, with the new oil finds off Brazil, President Rousseff has said that Brazil wants to be a major supplier of new stable sources of energy, and I’ve told her that the United States wants to be a major customer, which would be a win-win for both our countries.

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