Brazil Lays out Super Security for Bush

[Judi Lynn]

Brazil Lays out Super Security for Bush

Sao Paulo, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Local and foreign intelligence bodies began on Tuesday to mount the largest security project for a president visiting Brazil, in view of George W. Bush visit on Thursday and Friday.

The aim is to impede "possible terrorist attacks" against US President George W. Bush while in Sao Paulo.

Social movements have called for demonstrations in the country s main cities to condemn the US president s visit.

The security system has the active participation of the US Central Intelligence Agency, the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, the country s Federal Police and Armed Forces, as well as other local and foreign institutions.

This is Bush second visit to Brazil. The first took place in the Federal District, Brasilia, in November 2005, and security at that time included 1,800 police and soldiers.
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[rfranklin]

1. Give him a bicycle and a steep downhill course...

He's such a good mountain biker, he deserves nothing less.

[Jacobin]

6. and a bag of pretzels

:evilgrin:

[Forkboy]

2. Compare that with this

U.S.-BRAZILIAN RELATIONS (Jimmy Carter press conference)

Q. Mr. President, at the beginning of your administration there was a clear tendency to isolate and treat Brazil coldly in favor of democratically elected governments, elected by the people.

Yesterday at the airport you stressed the need for cooperation between Brazil and the United States as equal partners. Who has changed, Brazil or you?

THE PRESIDENT. Well, I certainly have not changed. The experience that I have had in Brazil as Governor of Georgia before I became President made Brazil the most important country to me. I and my wife visited it frequently. We had a partnership arrangement between my own State and the State of Pernambuco.

We studied the background, the history, the culture, and the government of Brazil. And there has not ever been any inclination on my part or the part of my administration to underestimate the extreme importance of Brazil as a major world power, nor to underestimate the extreme importance of very close and harmonious relationships between the United States and Brazil.

There are some differences of opinion between ourselves and Brazil which have been very highly publicized. But on the long scale of things, both in the past history and in the future, the major factors which bind us in harmony with Brazil far transcend, are much more important than the differences that have been published between our approach to human rights, for instance, and the subject of nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.

But our commitment to Brazil as a friend, our need for Brazil as a partner and a friend has always been the case and is presently very important to us and will always be that important in the future.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=30594

[wakeme2008]

3. check out my post on NZ PM Helen Clark

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=368&topic_id=919&mesg_id=919

Not a Secret Service type in sight... Ok the Travel Channel had a couple photogs but there were no extras to be seen in most of the video...

[Judi Lynn]

4. Now that's an outgoing public official. Very, very cool.

I saw a New Zealander speaking with pride about her a couple of years ago on another message board, and now I can see why! She's a trooper. Just NOT like _{George W. Bush.}



Prime Minister Clark
Wouldn't it be amazing to have a human being in the White House?

Thanks for the tip on the Travel Channel program. No doubt it will be repeating and we can catch it then.

[Doctor_J]

5. The most hated man on earth

too bad he's such a sociopath that he doesn't care.

[Peace Patriot]

7. You have the advantage, Lulu. Fleece this asterisk. Get everything you can for

your country and your region, and give nothing back but a smile and a wave.

Viva la revolución!