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Portugal sees Obama as an "opportunity for change"
Nov 5, 2008, 13:43 GMT
Lisbon - Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates on Wednesday described US president-elect Barack Obama as giving 'an opportunity of change to the United States and the world.'
'The voice of Barack Obama is a voice of hope,' Socrates said in his congratulatory message to the new US president.
Obama's victory 'represents possibilities for a new cycle of relations between the United States and Europe in the service of peace, cooperation and of a fairer and more regulated globalization,' the Portuguese premier said.
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deus meuNov 5th, 2008 - 15:24:34
enough already. This media hype overblown ignorant socialist Obama can only change things for the worse
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