South America Parliament Speaker Barnes to address Senate on Thursday.

[Leinad]

I look forward to what he has to say!

There's obviously strong anti-Atlasian elements in South America, but hopefully we can work past the extremists and find a path to diplomatic relations. Barnes seems like a level-headed fellow, and he's done a good job as Speaker, so there's a good chance this will help us in that direction.

[Leinad]

Excellent speech, Speaker Barnes (which I assume should be pronounced "Barn-ez" given that you're in South America)!

I was sadly not able to attend, as I was instead attending the ConConConcert here in Atlanta, but I saw it live via the big screens around the stage, and it got applause from many people in attendance, including myself.

South America isn't perfect, there is certainly a vocal minority that is irrational with their loathing of Atlasia, but Barnes is not a member of that minority, but a reasonable person who I think will be air particles (bare with me) in the wind that will blow away the clouds to reveal a dawn on a sunny relationship between our two nations.