| Barack Obama has been elected president of the | | | | through the campaign, he came out very strong and |
| United States a couple of months ago and already we | | | | his popularity went growing. He also received strong |
| can see that he is planning to be a president who | | | | support from very well know actors and singers which |
| wants to make a difference. His first action right after | | | | was not neglect able. |
| taking office was to freeze the government's staff | | | | Americans have strong hopes for their new president |
| salaries, his included. One can argue that he made his | | | | and took a leap of faith by electing him. So far, his |
| 2 million dollar income from selling his books but that | | | | presidency has been aimed at improving American's |
| was a strong message for all the Americans. By doing | | | | relationships with other countries such as Canada and |
| this he was saying that everyone has to make a | | | | Cuba. He is a man who is comfortable speaking to a |
| sacrifice during this recession period and that made | | | | large crowd and seams genuine in his sayings. |
| him popular. | | | | The previous administration has left Obama with |
| His next step was to close down Guantanamo Bay | | | | existing tensions between the U.S. and many other |
| prison and make a public announcement that the | | | | countries. It would be like Obama is moving into a |
| United States would cease using torture as a mean of | | | | house that is deep in debt, with an internal mess and |
| getting information or cooperation from their prisoners | | | | not in good terms with their neighbour. |
| which shocked me. I thought that some regrettable | | | | One might argue that his campaign promoters seamed |
| events might have happened as isolated facts but I | | | | to have been "inspired" by slogans that strangely |
| was surprised to realize that the U.S. government had | | | | resemble the ones Kennedy first served the United |
| to write an official policy stating the ending of such | | | | States in his speeches. Nonetheless, Barack Obama is |
| practices. | | | | a sign of change. The fact that he is the first black |
| Barack Obama has been elected in office in one of | | | | American president is a strong sign that the United |
| the worst financial crisis and already had to make | | | | States were ready to go forward. |
| some unpopular decisions by deciding who would get | | | | One question remains: will Barack Obama live up to all |
| financial aid from the government. Obama's presidency | | | | the expectations Americans have for him? Time will |
| campaign has been like a fairy tail story. Mid-way | | | | tell and I will be following his route. |