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BUENAVISTA TOMATLÁN, Mexico – The Mexican Army patrolled the streets of the western state of Michoacán on May 22 to improve security in a region tormented by violent drug cartels. About 4,000 army soldiers and marines and 1,000 Federal Police Officers have been deployed to the state, but they’ll leave once security has improved and the state government can hold its own. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP)
U.S. President Barack Obama to visit Brazil from March 19-20
BRASÍLIA, Brazil – U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to visit the Brazilian capital on March 19 to meet President Dilma Rousseff, according to the Brazilian government.
Obama is expected to stop in Rio de Janeiro the next day, according to the government news agency Agência Brasil.
It is unclear whether Obama will be accompanied by his wife Michelle and their daughters Malia and Sasha.
Obama’s visit to Brazil is part of a Latin American tour in which the U.S. leader also will stop in El Salvador and Chile in an attempt to “forge new alliances” throughout the Americas.
[Agência Brasil (Brazil), 15/02/2011; Agence France-Presse (Brazil), 15/02/2011]
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