Brasilia: US President Barack Obama was given a red-carpet welcome to Brazil on Saturday beginning a five-day Latin American trip as United Nations-backed military strikes against Libya seemed imminent. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff greeted Obama, who received full honours including a 21-gun salute when he and First Lady Michelle Obama entered the Planalto Palace in the Brazilian capital. Obama has US jobs on his agenda during the three-country trip that includes stops in Chile and El Salvador. “Latin America is a part of the world where the economy is growing very quickly,” the president said in his weekly radio address broadcast just minutes before his arrival. “I want to open more…
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