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Get more online at michigandaily.com/blogs/The Wire Obama touts democracy in Brazil President to visit Chile today during first South American tour RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Immersing himself in Brazil's poverty and pride, President Barack Obama yesterday held up the South American nation as a model of democratic change in a time of uprisings and crackdowns across the Arab world and yet another war front for the United States. From Rio's glamorous beaches to a notorious slum to an elegant theater, Obamaglimpsed the city's cultural extremes and offered the kind of personal engagement that can pay political dividends for years. Less than one day after announcing U.S. military strikes against Libya's government, Obama made time to kick a soccer ball around with kids in a shanty- town. The competing stories of Obama's itinerary - a war front in Africa, an economic commit- ment to South America - divided his time in incongruous ways. By morning, he spoke with his security team about the interna- tional assault against Moammar Gadhafi's defenses; by night, he was to stand atop a mountain and admire Rio's world famous statue of Jesus. Meanwhile, U.S. warplanes pounded faraway Libya. It was all summed up by one image: Obama, adeptly juggling a soccer ball, as his aides helped him juggle his agenda. In a speech, Obama celebrated Brazil as a place that has shifted from dictatorship to democracy, moving millions into its middle class and embracing human rights. He underlined that point as unrest sweeps the Middle East and north Africa, leading to dra- matic change in some cases and violent crisis in Libya. "As 'two nations who have struggled over many generations to perfect our own democracies, the United States and Brazil know that the future of the Arab world will be determined by its people," Obama told an invitation-only crowd inside an ornate hall here. "No one can say for certain how this change will end, but I do know that change is not some- thing that we should fear," he said. "When young people insist that the currents of history are on the move, the burdens of the past are washed away." His speech and his whole trip to this region have been overshad- owed by the onset of war in Libya. Obama has tried to find a balance of showing command of the war strategy without altering his dip- lomatic mission or offending his hosts in Latin America. And on Sunday, he was deter- mined to be with his family, get among the people and feel the culture. Obama and his family visited the City of God shantytown that gained fame through a movie of the same name. The slum is undergoing a transformation as Rio works to improve the plight of its poorest people and clean up its reputation ahead of hosting the 2016 summer Olympics. Obama, his wife Michelle and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, watched young children pound on drums and perform a dazzling acrobatic dance. And then all the Obamas took turns at a little soc- cer, led by the president. Obama chose a community center in the heart of one of more than1,000 slums,or"favelas,"that dot the urban hills surrounding the city. The tour was designed to illustrate Obama's push for what officials call citizen security, an emerging concern in Latin Ameri- can countries as they wrestle with narco-crime and poverty. Dozens of young children pressed up against a chain-link fencetryingtoget alook atObama; the president ultimately stepped outside and gave a big wave. Obama's route to the slum was itself a contrast of life. The presi- dent began and ended his day in a hotel that fronted the famed Copacabana beach, where tour- ists and locals in bathing suits soaked in the sun and watched for his motorcade. "He is thinking of Rio as more than just the Christ and Copaca- bana," said Noemia Marinho, a 40-year-old lingerie saleswoman who lives in the slum and had her hair done just for the president's visit."Maybe ourgovernment will look to us more as well." . The president's tour had an underlying goal of endearing him to a diverse and multicul- PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP Michelle Obama and daughters Malia atue in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. Plaza, a historic square that was the scene of a 1984 protest that set the stage for the eventual end of a 20-year military dictatorship. Here, once again, Obama made a game effort to connect to the locals. That included making a solid effort at speaking some Por- tuguese, drawing some cheers and a few wry smiles from the audience. President Barack Obama with First LadyI and Sasha at the Christ the Redeemer Sti tural country where his personal story already makes him popular. 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