Brazil - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Brazil Index / Locations Transcripts Dennis Ross ...at the end—Turkey at the end, with Brazil , tried to come in with the Tehra... Jane Lute ...Australia; and then to Nigeria; then to Brazil ; and then back. It was an immediat... ...world? Let's just say it's the size of Brazil . Compared to your forest, and tha... James Clapper ...in was with a representative from Brazil who was quite upset, brought with hi... Richard Verma ...India and China and the other BRICS [ Brazil , Russia, India, China, and Sout... Susan Rice ...do quite effectively, and dealing with Brazil and others. It was then bringing th... Arturo Valenzuela ...Watson. He had been named ambassador to Brazil but was asked by the new administratio... ...on a lot of the same sorts of things—in Brazil and other places as well. And I had ... ...He had been nominated as ambassador to Brazil . He and Craig Kelly, who was th... ...the case with other countries, such as Brazil and Venezuela, who insisted that Zelay... ...we haven't really talked about yet is Brazil . And yet I know that was ver... ...also at the imperial ambitions that Brazil had over them. In fact, I'll neve... ...agreements and all that stuff is that Brazil , essentially, wants to contai... ...It's an autarchical country. It's Brazil first. Therefore, you—” the regiona... ...Cone contractually put together, that Brazil put together, which included Argentina... ...that we're stuck between Argentina and Brazil ? If only we could get out of this.... ...so on, in spades. But not only that; Brazil , remember, saw itself as a prou... ...emerging, large countries of the world— Brazil , Russia, India, China. In fact, unde... ...in particular, given the history of Brazil —the coup of 1964 that began this whol... ...thing to be done in the governments in Brazil . And the person in charge of this wa... ...the fundamental security interest that Brazil was concerned about, particularly ... ...Venezuela and Colombia that could pull Brazil into it. So there was a clea... ...in person with President Lugo. Brazil simply didn't like the fact that th... ...a “reset” of the relationship with Brazil . I wanted to ask: Was that related t... ...problem with WikiLeaks regarding Brazil , that I know of. It might have come u... ...requires trust. So, no, the trip to Brazil was an extremely important one, becaus... ...to go. And it was obvious that Brazil was the place to go, indeed, i... ...to reset this difficult dynamic with Brazil . What the US proposed was a series o... ...measures, including doing with Brazil what the United States does with a fe... ...a global dialogue where we discuss with Brazil not just issues having to do wit... ...issues having to do with neighbors of Brazil or whatever hemispheric issues, bu... ...a tremendous importance—including in Brazil , by the way. Yes. So, what I wante... ...serious challenges to authorities in Brazil through corrupt actions, and the... ...particular, the Odebrecht company in Brazil —which played such an important role i... ...You saw this very dramatically in Brazil , with some extraordinarily importan... Show more... Roberta Jacobson ...tends not to be against—except for Brazil —Afro-Latinos; it's against those o... ...about the fallout with regard to Brazil and how uncomfortable some of thos... ...you experienced, whether it was with Brazil or other countries, in terms o... ...was, and it really, in some ways with Brazil , came from the top. A relationshi... ...ambassador, or when we traveled to Brazil , that were guarded, much more guarded... ...meetings between President Rousseff in Brazil and Barack Obama, there was a lot o... ...or Obama's trip to the World Cup in Brazil . Are there any memories that w... ...I went with Biden to the World Cup in Brazil . Oh, really? Yes, because he reall... Show more... Jefferey DeLaurentis ...I said, “Okay, so you're calling about Brazil , right?” She said, “Brazil? No. What'... ...about Brazil, right?” She said, “ Brazil ? No. What's happening in Brazil?” ... ...said, “Brazil? No. What's happening in Brazil ?” I said, “Oh, nothing, never mind.... ...she said, “Okay, so let's get back to Brazil . What's going on with Brazil?” I ha... ...back to Brazil. What's going on with Brazil ?” I had to tell her, and she said... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Russia Russia go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa go to the Labor Labor