Rio de Janeiro – US President Barack Obama praised democracy Sunday in an address to the Brazilian people, at a time when the United States is involved in airstrikes on Libya, and the Arab world is in flux as protesters demand freedom from their governments. In Rio, Obama visited the Cidade de Deus favela, a slum neighbourhood known as City of God, in the morning before speaking to 2,000 invited guests at the Municipal theatre in the afternoon. He was closing the first leg of a five-day Latin American tour with a visit Sunday to Rio’s landmark statue of Christ the Redeemer. On Monday, Obama is to travel to Chile before ending the tour Tuesday and Wednesday in El Salvador. In his speech at…
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