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U.S. Navy's USS Carl Vinson in Rio By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Contributing Reporter - March 9, 201 O RIO DE JANEIRO - Late last month, fresh from playing a key role in Operation Unified Response, lhe international humanitarian aid mission to assis! Haiti after lhe disastrous earthquake, lhe U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson made a stopover in Rio de Janeiro. The purpose of the trip was to strengthen bilateral military relations, and a number of U.S. sailors also took pari in a series of volunteer exercises in lhe city. "We appreciate lhe strong relationship that has developed between lhe military forces of our two countries. lt is an interaction based on mutual respect, and our intention is to further slrengthen our partnerships and joint missions," said Thomas Shannon, lhe U.S. Ambassador of Brazil. On February 27th, sailors from lhe carrier were involved in volunteer work that involved painting facilities at two Recreio public schools, Escola Municipal Vice- Almirante Alvaro Alberto and Escola Municipal Vice- Almirante Paulo Moreira. They were joined by about 20 of their fellow Brazilian sailors, and had lhe opportunity to gel to know lheir colleagues and share experiences of life in lhe navy. After work was completed, lhe two schools were presented wilh pholo collages commemorating lhe visit. Another project that U.S. sailors participated in look place at lhe People's Central lnstitute, a local community center in lhe Gamboa neighborhood which was founded by an American missionary over a century ago. The center helps local working parents by offering a daycare service, and provides a venue for the hosting of various cultural and sporting activities. ln addition to helping with painting and other mainlenance tasks, lhe sailors, perhaps wearied after their labors, were well defealed by a team of local children in a friendly game of soccer. Ali of lhe children were given a USS Carl Vinson baseball cap and packed lunches. The goodwill mission also involved further sporting fixtures between the sailors of both nalions, allhough results have not been reported. A reception for around 400 guesls was also held aboard lhe carrier. lnternational media was mainly focusing on lhe positive aspects of the visit: the only aberration on that theme was a French Agency reportedly questioning lhe motive of the mission, seeing it as an attempt to sway Brazil's government into buying American military hardware. (Abridged from http: / / riotimesonline. com) Prova: Amarela Máquinas