"For his Brazilian audience, Bush's words were a vivid reminder of their own recent history. Democracy was only restored here in 1985, after 21 years of right-wing military rule. The speech was both a promotion of Bush's vision of democracy, a central theme of his second term, and an implicit response to criticism in the region that the United States is too unilateral in its actions. Bush reaffirmed U.S. support for the Organization of American States and the Inter-American Development Bank, the two main bodies of regional cooperation. Bush, who was in the Brazilian capital on the third day of a four-day trip to Latin America, tried earlier on Sunday to play down his administration's differences with Brazil and three of its neighbors that led to the collapse of trade talks late Saturday in Mar del Plata. Bush, who was in the Brazilian capital on the third day of a four-day trip to Latin America, tried earlier on Sunday to play down his administration's differences with Brazil and three of its neighbors that led to the collapse of trade talks late Saturday in Mar del Plata... ...At one point, da Silva even exhibited a map of his country, which is larger than the continental United States, when Bush reportedly proclaimed, "Wow! Brazil is big,"...Hey, don't blame me...I voted for the other guy.....Twice!!
