President Rouseff Should Not Meet with Obama

Published in Folha de S. Paulo
(Brazil) on 14 September 2013
by Monica Bergamo (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Jane Dorwart. Edited by Thomas Phippen.
President Dilma Rouseff should cancel the meeting with the American President Barack Obama scheduled to occur on Oct. 23.*

Rouseff, a member of a Worker's Party, Partido dos Trabalhadores, was already inclined to cancel the visit, but her decision was reinforced yesterday, after a meeting she a had with the informal political council with whom she usually meets regularly.

This council includes former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula, the current president of the PT Rui Calcao, the ex-Minister of Communication Franklin Martins and the publicist Joao Santana. The council met with President Rouseff yesterday in Brasilia at the Granja do Torto, one of the official residences of the President.

Almost everyone was of the opinion that the President should abort the trip to the United States. The U.S. has spied on Brazil and upon the communications between our own president and her aides. Up until now, the U.S. has given no apologies, no convincing explanations and have even implied that this practice of monitoring the Brazil will be continued.

According to an aide, President Rouseff will still have a conversation with Chancellor Luiz Alberto Figueiredo before sanctifying and announcing a decision.

Figueiredo was in Washington this past week for a reunion with representatives of the Obama administration. He should give a more detailed report on the pending conversation with the President.

The possibility that President Rouseff will keep the meeting, at this point, is extremely remote, according to the same aide. “She already would like to cancel the trip and has practically decided on this. Unless the United States gives some clear explanation, which up until now has not happened,” said a spokesman for President Rouseff. In order for the President to keep this meeting, “what would be needed would be for Obama to come to Brazil and apologize, or something equivalent,” the spokesman said. Folha de Sao Paulo corroborated the information.

*Translator's Note: President Dilma recently cancelled the scheduled meeting with President Obama.


Dilma não deve ir a encontro com Obama

A presidente Dilma Rousseff deve cancelar a reunião com o presidente americano Barack Obama, marcada para ocorrer no dia 23 de outubro.
A decisão, que ela já estava propensa a tomar, foi reforçada ontem, depois de um encontro que a petista teve com o conselho político informal com o qual costuma se reunir regularmente.

Fazem parte do grupo o ex-presidente Lula, o presidente do PT, Rui Falcão, o ex-ministro Franklin Martins, da Comunicação, e o publicitário João Santana, que se reuniram com Dilma ontem em Brasília na Granja do Torto, uma das residências oficiais da Presidência.
Praticamente todos manifestaram a opinião de que a presidente deveria abortar a viagem aos EUA. O país espionou o Brasil e comunicações da própria presidente com auxiliares. Até agora, não pediu desculpas, não deu explicações convincentes e até deu a entender que manteria a prática de monitorar o país.
De acordo com um auxiliar direto de Dilma, ela ainda terá uma conversa com o chanceler antes de sacramentar e anunciar a decisão.
Ele esteve nesta semana em Washington para uma reunião com representantes do governo Obama e deve fazer um relato mais detalhado da conversa à presidente.
Mas a possibilidade de Dilma manter a reunião, a essa altura, é extremamente remota, de acordo com o mesmo auxiliar. "Ela já queria cancelar a viagem e está praticamente decidida. A não ser que os EUA apresentem alguma explicação clara, o que até agora não ocorreu".
Para que a presidente mantivesse o encontro, "seria preciso o Obama vir ao Brasil pedir desculpas, ou algo equivalente", nas palavras do interlocutor de Dilma
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