Obama Headlines From Around the World

An Imperial People (La Nación, Argentina)
“Our people, like so many others, did not vote yesterday. But we will be affected by what, with no regards towards us, the North American voters decided yesterday… Rather than torment the world in pursuit of imperial excesses, the new president will have to seduce it through a kind of leadership that allows him to unite people’s wills both within his country, and abroad.”

Obama should be better for world and Brazil, say specialists (Diário do Comércio, Brazil)

“In the short run, McCain might have been better for Brazil, because of his stronger defense of free trade, while Obama and his party are against reducing tariffs that would benefit Brazilian ethanol, and other commodities. But Obama is better for the world, because he is more open to negotiations and diplomacy.”

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An Invitation to Dream (El País, Spain)
“Bush’s bitter legacy means that Obama will face great, and unenviable challenges… In a world where achievements rarely meet expectations, Obama has set the line very high, with his invitation to dream again.”

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The Man who is Needed (Le Monde, France)
“If it is fair to compare [Obama] to John Kennedy, ("a realist brilliantly disguised as a romantic"), it is immediately necessary to add that he is a man for the times, surely the best attuned to immerse America in the multipolar bath of the 21st century.”

Chávez ratifies interest in reestablishing dialogue with the U.S. (El Universal, Venezuela)
“On this day of hope, president Hugo Chávez, on behalf of the Venezuelan people, congratulates the people of the United States and president-elect Barack Obama for the important victory he has attained… In Simon Bolivar’s homeland, we are convinced that time has come to establish new relations between our countries, and with our region, based on the principles of sovereignty, equality, and true cooperation.”

Obama’s Victory Won’t Warm Russia’s-U.S. Relations (Kommersant, Russia)
“‘In B. Obama’s team, there are enough of those that, choosing my words carefully, treat Russia rather coldly, for instance, representatives of Eastern Europe’s lobby headed by Brzezinski and Albright. So, the work with components of the U.S. missile defense system in Eastern Europe will be hardly terminated,’ Margelov said.”