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Lula urges Bush: Respect Sovereignty of All Latin America
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
Deutsch Presse via Venezuelanalysis -Mar 9, 2007
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2236
Lula urges Bush to Respect Sovereignty of All Latin American Countries
By: DPA
Sao Paulo - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called upon his
US counterpart George W Bush on Friday in Sao Paulo to cooperate in Latin
America's social development while respecting the 'political decisions of
each state.'
Without directly mentioning Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Lula said
relations between Brazil and the US will be stronger insofar as they
'respect each other, each respects the sovereign political decisions of
each state and they can build projects that may help third countries to get
out of poverty.'
The meeting took place amidst street protests against Bush that brought
demonstrators within 20 metres of the US delegation - a surge that police
and military had to hustle to keep at bay.
At the top of the Bush-Lula meeting is an agreement to cooperate on
production and marketing of the alternative fuel ethanol among the world's
two top producers.
In a speech following a meeting with Bush, Lula stressed the US president
arrived in South America at 'an exceptional time' for the region, with past
dictatorships 'a painful memory.'
'All governments result from free elections with broad popular
participation, all are committed to programmes to put an end to social
injustice,' the leftist Lula said.
The Brazilian president further defended the integration of South American
countries, and stressed that that process 'is taking place among
independent nations.'
Several analysts interpreted Lula's comments as an answer to Bush's alleged
wish to enlist Brazil's help to stem Chavez's growing political influence
in Latin America.
Bush did not mention Chavez in his speech, and even ignored a question
about the Venezuelan president in a press conference.
Instead, Bush rejected claims that his government turned its back on Latin
America, and stressed that the United States does not get enough credit for
the 1.6 billion dollars in aid it gives the region each year.
'Part of the message of my trip ... is to say that the American people care
deeply about social justice,' Bush noted.
However, he stressed that 'the most effective anti-poverty programme is
trade' and said that the US and Brazil need to work together to end
deadlock in the Doha Round of talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Following the press conference, Bush left the Hilton Hotel in Sao Paulo to
visit the non-governmental organization Meninos do Morumbi, which helps
around 3,000 poor children and teenagers in Sao Paulo.
Bush arrived late Thursday in Brazil, the first leg of a Latin American
tour that is also set to take him to Uruguay (later Friday), Colombia,
Guatemala and Mexico.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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