Obama Says Brazil Model for Democratic Movements in North Africa
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President Barack Obama, declaring Brazil’s arrival on the global stage as an economic power and a thriving democracy, said the country can serve as a model for democratic transitions around the world, including movements in North Africa and the Middle East.
Brazil is “a country that shows how democracy delivers both freedom and opportunity to its people,” Obama told a crowd at Rio de Janeiro’s century-old Theatro Municipal. “A country that shows how a call for change that starts in the streets can transform a city, transform a country, transform a world.”