WASHINGTON, 26th U.S. President, Barack Obama, has confirmed that in March will hold its first tour of Latin America which includes official visits to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador, with the aim of strengthening relations with the region. "In March I will travel to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador to forge new partnerships for progress in the Americas," Obama announced on Tuesday in his annual State of the Union before the U.S.
Congress. This is the first time that Obama began a tour of the continent since taking office on January 20, 2009. The only visits he has made Latin America went to Mexico - one of the economic allies of Washington - and Trinidad and Tobago, for the Summit of the Americas for over a year.
Obama will arrive first to Brazil, then travel to Chile and will end his tour in El Salvador, made clear in statements to the media spokesman for the National Security Council White House, Mike Hammer. The tour "will provide an opportunity to highlight the president's commitment to key leaders in the continent," said Hammer, who underlined that the White House wants to work with these nations as equal partners to address the basic challenges of the peoples of the Americas and advance U.S.
interests "in the continent. In Brazil, Obama hopes to meet with President Dilma Rousseff "to discuss issues of common interest will help to advance the excellent relationship we have with the Brazilian government," said the spokesman. The U.S. President's agenda in that nation includes topics ranging from cash transfer programs to energy issues, foreign trade, human rights, climate change, sustainable development and financial crisis, according to the official Agencia Brasil.
In this context, Hammer has referred to Chile as a partner in the U.S. "closer" in Latin America. "It was a major contributor in Haiti and has quickly become a regional leader in nuclear safety, clean energy and crisis management," he remembered. In El Salvador have welcomed the announcement of Obama.
"We've been working on for a while with the White House and State Department to finalize this important visit," the press reported Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez. The Salvadoran president, Mauricio Funes, will hold a press conference Wednesday on the report on the details of the U.S.
president's agenda that Central American nation. 
Congress. This is the first time that Obama began a tour of the continent since taking office on January 20, 2009. The only visits he has made Latin America went to Mexico - one of the economic allies of Washington - and Trinidad and Tobago, for the Summit of the Americas for over a year.
Obama will arrive first to Brazil, then travel to Chile and will end his tour in El Salvador, made clear in statements to the media spokesman for the National Security Council White House, Mike Hammer. The tour "will provide an opportunity to highlight the president's commitment to key leaders in the continent," said Hammer, who underlined that the White House wants to work with these nations as equal partners to address the basic challenges of the peoples of the Americas and advance U.S.
interests "in the continent. In Brazil, Obama hopes to meet with President Dilma Rousseff "to discuss issues of common interest will help to advance the excellent relationship we have with the Brazilian government," said the spokesman. The U.S. President's agenda in that nation includes topics ranging from cash transfer programs to energy issues, foreign trade, human rights, climate change, sustainable development and financial crisis, according to the official Agencia Brasil.
In this context, Hammer has referred to Chile as a partner in the U.S. "closer" in Latin America. "It was a major contributor in Haiti and has quickly become a regional leader in nuclear safety, clean energy and crisis management," he remembered. In El Salvador have welcomed the announcement of Obama.
"We've been working on for a while with the White House and State Department to finalize this important visit," the press reported Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez. The Salvadoran president, Mauricio Funes, will hold a press conference Wednesday on the report on the details of the U.S.
president's agenda that Central American nation.
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