Barack Obama: Nelson Mandela, a source of inspiration to the world




Barack Obama: Nelson Mandela, a source of inspiration to the world
  


  
Obama met Zuma in Pretoria.Description of U.S. President Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela as "a source of inspiration to the world" during the visit, which is currently carried out by South Africa.Obama said after talks with South African President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria The model presented by Mandela's "principle and force the defender of the right people still scintillating luminous beacon."Obama met with the family of Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, also spoke with his wife Graca Machel over the phone.Does not intend to visit U.S. President Mandela, who lay in a hospital since June 8 after suffering from pneumonia.Zuma said Mandela's health (94 years) "serious but stable," and expressed "the hope that comes out of the hospital quickly."In the meantime, there were skirmishes between riot police in the city of Soweto and demonstrators opposed to Obama, who went to the city to deliver a speech in front of a young African leaders at the University of Johannesburg.Police used rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators gathered in front of the university to protest against its external policies.Obama called during his speech to receiving inspiration from Mandela, who stood up during the long period of his imprisonment.He said: "We have to look about 27 years in prison, and to think about the difficulties and suffering and cruelty to live away from friends and family. Has been dark moments represented a test of his faith in humanity, but he refused to give up."

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