Chile Looking Forward to Obama Visit
"For us it's tremendously important, this visit, because the United States is the most powerful in the world," Alfredo Moreno said after Obama announced in his State of the Union address that he would visit Chile in March, along with Brazil and El Salvador.
The agenda hasn't been set, but Moreno said Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is interested in discussing clean energy, nuclear energy, education, science and technology. The U.S. Embassy in Chile mentioned similar themes and also noted that Chile has become a leader on crisis management issues.
Moreno noted that it would be only the third bilateral visit of a U.S. president in 50 years, so Chile wants to make most of the opportunity.
He noted that Obama set a goal that by 2035, 80 percent of the electricity used in the United States would be "clean," which Obama has defined as natural gas, "clean coal" and nuclear energy as well as renewable energy sources.