US election reaction
Gordon Brown has said he looks forward to working with Barack Obama and said he had run "an inspirational campaign". There have been messages of congratulations on similar lines from governments around the world.
Mike Wooldridge reports:
If this is a "Mandela moment" for America, there were -perhaps inevitably- few specific clues in Barack Obama's victory speech as to how that will work its way through on to the world stage. But for those who have objected to American unilateralism during the Bush years there was the commitment to listening, the promise - in Mr Obama's words - of a new dawn of American leadership, coupled with the pledge to defeat those who "would tear this world down".
Among the reaction from Europe, President Sarkozy said the American people had chosen "change, openness and optimism". And the European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, said "we need a new deal for a new world".
Iraq's foreign minister was quick to tell Mr Obama that there was "a great deal at stake" in Iraq and he did not foresee a quick US disengagement, while President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan said he hoped the election would bring peace, life and prosperity to his country.
Managing such expectations abroad, as well as at home, will clearly be one of Mr Obama's biggest challenges.
Mike Wooldridge, BBC
a "Mandela moment"
Es una referencia al momento en que Nelson Mandela llegó a ser el primer presidente negro en Sudáfrica después del apartheid
few specific clues
pocas pistas específicas
work its way through on to
filtrar...
filtrar hasta que llegue a
unilateralism
el unilateralismo
a new dawn
un nuevo amanecer
coupled
unido a, acompañado de
tear this world down
destrozar, destruir al mundo
was quick to tell
fue rápido en decir
a great deal at stake
muchísimo en juego
US disengagement
el retiro estadounidense (de Irak)
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