Obama Brings Rousseff to King Memorial to Begin Washington Visit
Obama Brings Rousseff to King Memorial to Begin Washington Visit
Signaling that the U.S.-Brazil relationship is back on track might be the most significant outcome of the visit, underlined AS/COA's Brian Winter.
President Barack Obama welcomed Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the White House Monday for a delayed visit, then promptly took her out to see the sights.
Obama brought Rousseff to the memorial honoring civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., located on Washington, D.C.’s Tidal Basin between memorials to presidents Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
Over the past year, Obama has made trips to the monuments on the National Mall a regular part of meetings with heads of state in Washington.....
Among the topics on the agenda for Tuesday’s official meetings, Obama and Rousseff will talk about trade and climate change. Signaling that the U.S.-Brazil relationship is back on track might be the most significant outcome of the visit, said Brian Winter, editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly, a magazine that covers policy issues in the Western Hemisphere.
Sending Signals
“In some ways the atmospherics are the most important thing about this meeting,” he said during a June 24 event hosted by the Council of the Americas. “These things matter –- when two presidents can sit across from each other and have a good conversation, and send the right signals to each other....”
