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�THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Brasilia, Brazil)
For Immediate Release
October 13, 1997
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON AND PRESIDENT CARDOSO
AT RECEPTION
Brasilia Room
Ministry ~f Foreign Affairs
Brasilia, Brazil
8:22 P.M.
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PRESIDENT CARDOSO: Mr. President, Mrs. Clinton; ladies and
gentlemen, we are gathered here tonight to celebrate a renewal
of the friendship between Brazil and the United States of
America . . Welcome to Brazil, Mr. President. Welcome to Brazil,
Mrs. Hillary Clinton.
We welcome you with the interest that is naturally awakened
in us by the visit of the President of a great nation, who
serves as the representative of a friendly people with whom we
share fundamental values and converging views on countless
contemporary issues· and challenges.
We welcome you as well, Mr. Clinton, as head of state of
our principal trading partner, whose importance for our external
sector is steadily increasing, thanks to the many new business
and investment opportunities Brazil is now offering its
partners. We're delighted that you will be visiting not only
the capital of Brazil, but Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro as well.
We hope that by doing so you will secure a fuller understanding
of Brazil's vibrant demo~ratic institutions, strong citizenship,
stability, transparency in managing the nation's assets,
reform·s, openness, and growth.
In relations between states, there is no substitute for
first-hand knowledge, :personal observation, and contact with the
people and living forces of a country.
This is particularly
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true of the Brazilian people, who always extend a warm and open
welcome to visiting statesmen.
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For this reason, your visit introduces a very important
element into the positive relationship that Brazil and the
United States have developed over decades and that has taken on
a new significance under both of our administrations.
It has
been more than .two years since my own state visit to Washington.
Since then, both we and the public have shown keen interest in
keeping abreast of the success of the many items of the agenda
we agreed to on that occasion, when Brazil and the United States
solemnly but enthusiastically resumed their grand partnership.
We are no~ ready to take another step in the history of the
relationship between Brazil and the United States.
From the
innovative cooperation we are beginning to devel6p in the field
of education, to discussions with the view to creating a freetrade area in the Americas -- an ambitious goal that we share -our agenda is guided by shared objectives while allowing ample
room for the
expression of our distinct individualities and our legitimate
interests.
Not infrequently, our interests do not entirely coincide.
Sometimes they may even conflict. Today, however, we are
in a position to deal with this reality more capably than ever
before in the history of our relation~hip.
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The ex_cellent relations between our two nations are
actually and symbolically summed up in this further meeting of
the Presidents of the two countries.
This meeting enables us to
commemorate our joint achievements, while renewing our
commitment to further initiatives and additional success in the
same spirit of confidence that should necessarily permeate any
matrire relationship between two great countries of continental
dimensions.
This meeting, Mr. President, is an opportunity for us to
reaffirm to our peoples and to the peoples of our hemisphere and
of the world the key notion that Brazil and the United States
together can help to build a history of liberty, mutual respect,
development, and peace in the New World.
We have been allies in two world wars and we have been
peacetime partners for over a hundred y~ars under an unwritten
alliance forged by such noteworthy leaders as Rio Branco,
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Joaquim Nabuco, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Cordell Hull (phonetic),
and Oswaldo Aranha.
That explains our strong vocation for friendship,
understanding, dialogue, and cooperation.
That is why we are
capable of speaking the same language. Whether we agree or
disagree, it makes no difference, because we always seek to
reach an understanding.
The joint initiative in education, which we will unveil
during your visit, Mr. President, is a symbol of how we can work
together to carry out projects of inestimable impact on
Brazilian social development and on the relations between our
two countries.
Mr. President -- President Clinton, you and I plan to have
extended conversations on our joint agenda, the many issues on
which we see eye to eye, and a number of problems we face in
specific areas of trade.
The outcome of this visit will
undoubtedly be a firm commitment to continue our cooperation in
order to make the relationship between the United States and
Brazil ever more productive and dynamic.
Furthermore, we will continue pursuing the broad and candid
consultations that have underpinned our particip~tion in a
number of significant regional and international initiatives,
such as the FTAA, the reform of the United Nations, and the
consolidation of the World Trade Organization.
In this context, Mr. President, let me recall that the age
of economic globalization in which we are living brings nations
closer together.
Therefore, inspired by the American
Revolution, whose Constitution enshrined the rights, borders,
and autonomy of the states that formed the federation, it is our
duty to defend ourselves and guarantee the rights of nations· -of each and every nation, from the most powerful to the weakest,
from the richest to the poorest. Only then will we inherit the
spirit of liberty and democracy that unites us in the same
values.
Hitherto, international law has been grounded above all in
processes designed to accommodate the interests of different
sectors, expressed by attacks and contrast.
The time has come
for us to move ahead in the international order in pursuit of a
configurati6n based on a broad consensu~, in a de facto
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constitution that protects the cultural diversity, frontiers,
and sovereignty of nations and peoples.
The new global order cannot be imposed; it must be shared.
It must not demolish but rather foster the well-being of
mankind.
This, Mr. President, is the challenge that we face -- you,
I, everyone responsible for the destiny of our nations.
I hope
you, President Clinton, will take away from this visit a
comprehensive and accurate picture of Braz~l, and that your stay
amorig us will contribute to an enhancement of the understanding
between our two countries. So let us work together with the
certainty that friendship between the United States and Brazil
will foster understanding throughout our region and progress for
our peoples.
May Brazilian hospitality be the best form of greeting for
our honored guests today. Welcome, Mr. President.
(Applause.)
PRESIDENT CLINTON:
President and Mrs. Cardoso, members of
the Brazilian government, my fellow Americans, honored guests -let me say, on behalf of all of us who are here, it is wonderful
to be in Brazil; but it is especially wonderful for me.
I have·
wanted to come here for a long time, and even more since Hillary
returned from her fantastic visit here .
. When President Cardoso made his state visit to the United
States, I pledged to return·the favor. ·Aild finally, the day has
arrived, and I am in the City of the Sky, glad to be here.
Thank you.
Brazil has haunted my imagination for over 30 years, since
I first fell in love with your music as a young man. And Brazil
has loomed large in my vision of the future of this hemisphere
and the world since I became President.
I come to Brazil to strengthen our partnership in a spirit
of respect and equality, a partnership rooted in co~on values
and common aspirations.
We have been friends in ~reedom for a long time.
In 1824
the United States was the first nation to recognize Brazil's
independence.
In World War II, Brazil stood by America's side
on the battlefields of Europe with a ·force of 25,000 troops to
fight for liberty's survival.
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Now, at the dawn of the 21st century, the freedom we
cherish is ascendant.
Every nation in our hemisphere but one is
a democracy.
Open m~rket§ are taking root.
Cooperation and
trade are expanding. We have an opportunity to make all the
Americas a stronghold of freedom and prosperity, of peace and
security, advancing our own well-being and serving as a beacon
of hope to others.
With the largest populations and the largest economies in
the Americas, sharing both the virtues and the challenges of our
size and our diversity, Brazil and the United States both have a
special obligation to lead this historic revolution now under
way in the Americas .. ·
I applaud President Cardoso, his government, and the
Congress for· all you have done to put your country squarely on
the path to prosperity, with difficult decisions on economic
reform.
I hope your reformers and our actions to balance our
budg~t for the first time .since 1969 will lay the foundation for
a new burst of growth and opportunity throughout our region.
I hope we can work even more closely together to lift the
lives of our people ~- by creating new jobs through open markets
and open trade, improving education to enable all our children
to thrive, expanding access .to modern technology to connect all
our people to the information age, combatting drugs and
organized crime, protecting the wonders of our shared
environment, and helping our neighbors throughout the hemisphere
to resolve their conflicts peacefully.
Already Brazil has given so much to the United States. You
have given us artists like Candido~Portinari, whose murals hang
in our Library of Congress in Washington; innovative writers
like Jorge Amado; and explorers from Alberto Santos Dumont, the
father of aviation, to the Brazilian astronaut who will soon
come to NASA to train for the international space station. You
have given us athletes -- from the magnificent Pele to the World
Cup champions who made Los Angeles feel like Rio for a day.
And no matter what language our people speak, you have
given us all reason to sing -- from the batucada of Bahia to the
bossa nova, from the rhythm of samba to the rock of
tropicalismo, from the quiet choro to the lively forro.
In Brazilian music many influences come together to form
something wonderful and unique. ·In the same way, the rich
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diversity of your peopl,e and the American people make both our
nations special and strong.
Both. of us have, a long tradition of welcoming immigrants
from distartt shores who want to build a better life for their
children. We share a belief that we can live together and learn
together, work together and grow together, no matter what our
color, our creed.
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In a world where nations are still torn apart because some
people fight over their differences when they should respect,
accommodate, even celebrate them, Brazil and the United States
have a special ability and a s~ecial responsibility to show a
better way.
Mr. President, as we reach for the future, America reaches
out to Brazil with a hand of· friendship and a pledge of
partnership. We share a vision o~ a better tomorrow.
When I
first met you shortly before you were inaugurated President, I
said to myself, there is a person who can imagine the future; I
hope we will build it together.
Thank you.
END
(Applause.)
8:50 P.M.
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10/9/97 6:30PM
PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
RECEPTION TOAST AT ITAMARATY PALACE .
BRASILIA, BRAZIL
OCTOBER 13, 1997
President and Mrs. Cardoso, distinguished colleagues'and friends: It's wonderful to be in the
"City of the Sky"- and to see this stunning symbol of Brazilian vision and style. Carved from
the wilderness four decades ago, Brasilia today still rariks among the modem wonders of the
world.
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I have come to Brazil to strengthen the new partnership between our nations - a partnership
based on common values and common aspirations.
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At the core ofour friendship is a deep commitment to freedom. In 1824, my country was the
· first to recognize Brazil's independence. In World War II, Brazil stood by our side on the
battlefields ofEurope with a force of25,000 troops to fight for liberty's survival. [The enduring
unity between our nations was sealed by their devotion- the only South American soldiers to
join the Allied effort.]
Now, at the dawn of the 21st century, the freedom we cherish is ascendant. Today, every nation
in our hemisphere is a democracy but one. Open markets are taking root. Cooperation is
expanding. We have an opportunity to make the Americas a stronghold of freedom, prosperity·
and peace- a mainstay of our own well-being arid a model of hope for others.
With the largest populations and eco~omies in the Ainericas - and sha.r:ing both the virtues and
the challenges of our size - our countries have a special obligation to lead this historic process.
The people of Brazil are weeting that tes(with tough economic reform. My nation knows how
hard that is. We took action to balance our budget for the first time this year since 1969. I
applaud President Cardoso, his government and Congress for all you have done to put your
country squarely ori the path to pro~perity. ·
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Together, we are working to lift theJtv~s of our peopl~ ~·creating new jobs through open markets
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and open trade ... improving education to enable all of our children to thrive in the global
economy ... expanding access to modeni technology to q:mnect all our people to the Information
Age ... combating drugs, corruption· and crime ... protecting the wonders of our shared
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environment ... and helping our neighbors throughout the hemisphere resolve their confliqts ·
peacefully.
The United States is proud to be Brazil's partner in progress. We know thafBrazil has much to
give- for already, you have given us so much.
You have given us artists like Candido. Portinari [can-DEE-do por-tin-AH-ree], whose murals
hang in our Library of Congress in Washington ... innovative writers like Jorge Amado ... ·
explorers from Alberto Santos Dumont, a father of aviation, to the Brazilian astronaut who will.
soon come to NASA to train for theJntemational Space Station. You have given us athletes,
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from the magnificent Pele'to'the World Cup champiohswho·made Los Angeles feel like Rio for
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. And, ~o m'atter what language~ur people speak, you have given us re~s~n to. sing- from the
.. dimceable drums of Bahia [ba-EE-ya] to the sleekness of bossa nova ... ·from.thejoyousrhythm
of samba to· the rock of tropicalismo :·.. from the quiet strains of choro ·[SHOH-roo] ,to. the.lively
beat ofjorr6 [foh~HOH]. Some say the world's culture is becoming more American- but Brazil·
is the hallie of World Music.·
In music, Brazil's many influences come together to form something wonderful and unique. In .
.tl;le same way,"the rich diversity ofour.people makes our nations both special and, strong. Your
,, . 'country and mine have. a long tradition of welcoming immigrants from distant shores who want
to build a better,.life for their children. We share. a belief that we can live tOgether, learn together,
work together, grow together, ·no matter what color. or creed. ·In a world where nations are stil(
toni apart because some people will not live with difference, BraziL and the United States have·a. ·
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special ability- and a special responsibility- to show a better way.
As we reach .for the future, my nation could notask fqr a worthier partner than B'ra.Zil. We share
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a vision of a better tomorrow. Let us· work together to build it.. ·
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BRAZIL: STATE DINNER.TOAST
{NB: The dinner will be hosted at the Official Presidential
residence, the Palacio da Alvorada (Palace of the Dawn), which
was the first building to be completed in Brasilia in 1958 and
has become. the symbol of the city.
The Palace contains many
works·of art ~nd sculpture by renowned Brazilian artists.
The
dinner will be attended by prominent Brazilians and ·will feaiure
outstanding entertainment.
Ther~ may be a saxophone available
for the President to play if he desires~}
Mr. President, Hillary and I want to thank you for this
magnificent dinner and for the fine music and
entertain~ent~
Brazilian music has been popular in the United States for
geneiations.
I have for many years been a fan of Biazilian music
and of its derivatives ·in our. own music.
But there is no
substitute for hearing Brazilian music, played by Brazilians, in
Brazil.
I will always remember and appreciate these performances
tonight in the beautiful Palacio da. Alvorada, the Palace of the.
Dawn.
I am told that when the
international!~
renowned architect
Oscar Niemeyer designed this building, he intended it to be the
symbol of Brasilia, which was its.elf to be the symbol ..of a new
Brazil.
Appropriately, we are in this inspiring setting not·only
to renew old friendships and acquaintances, but to chart a new
course for our two countries, a c6urse that will be marked by
even closer bilateral relati6ns and better cooperation ·that will
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lead us into the future.
. future of that
I would like to pay tribute to the
relati~nship
with a toast.
I would also like to pay tribute
Henrique Cardoso.
Brazil's
econom~
Preside~t
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my good friend Fernando
Cardoso's visionary mariagement of
and the implementation of the Real (Ray-ahl)
Plan has produced one of the mo~t re~arkable economic
transformations in history.
His p6sitive leadership tias been a
force in the strengthenirtg of our bilateral relations, and in
Bra~il's
taking its place ori the
global affairs.
~orld'~
stage as a key player in
The·respect Brazil has gained over the past
several years is matched by the respect of all the world's
leaders for this remarkable man.
President Cardoso, I salute
you.
Finally, let me just say that our two countries share many
things in common: our vast territories filled with enormous
natural resources and scenic treasures; our multicultural roots,
which bring people of all races, creeds, and colors, together to
find strength from diversity; our immigrant heritage, which
permitted people from many lands to begin new lives in the New
World.
This is the place for celebrating .the unity we feel as
Brazilians and Americans, who have shared so.much in the pas~,
and are interit on helping each other to enjoy the fruits of a
better future.
I offer a toast to a long and warm friendship
between our countries.
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