Renata Giraldi Reporter Agência Brasil
Brasília – Air Force One touched down at exactly 7:31 this morning in Brasília. Obama and his committee (estimated to be a total of one thousand) will spend the day here in the capital of Brazil and leave for Rio de Janeiro this evening around 6:30 pm. Sunday will be in Rio, with a very busy schedule, then Obama goes on to Chile (Monday) and El Salvador on his first swing around Latin America since taking office.

At 10:00 am today, Obama will arrive at the Palacio do Planalto for meetings with president Dilma Rousseff. Together, in a private meeting, and later with aides, they will work out the final details on a series of agreements, treaties and memorandums that the heads of state will sign.

At the Foreign Ministry (Palacio do Itamaraty), Dilma and Obama will participate in the closing of a meeting of Brazilian and American CEOs. There will be lunch for 150 guests. Following the lunch, Obama will speak at a summit of the Brazil-United States Business Forum. It is expected that the US president will focus on bilateral trade and international commerce in general (Brazil is now running a trade deficit with the US).

Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English

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