Everyone wants to talk to Brazil's President Rousseff, except Obama | Jason Farago | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
The two presidents had a short meeting and a shorter press bilateral, during which they never looked each other in the eye. About the only boost to bilateral ties that came out of their confab was a deal to promote the importation of cachaça – wonderful news for caipirinha drinkers, sure, but not exactly an agreement of world-historical importance. Not only did the US president not bother with the trappings of a state visit; he barely gave Dilma two hours. “Obama could have taken her to dinner,” one Brazilian official groused. “Or to the Kennedy Center.”
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