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Pele meets with Obama in Brazil
SAO PAULO, May 31, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Pele met with former US president
Barack Obama in Sao Paulo Thursday where the pair discussed how “to make the
world better,” the Brazilian football great said on Twitter.
Weeks after surgery to remove a kidney stone, a healthy-looking Pele smiled
and clutched Obama’s hand as they posed for a photo, later shared on social
media by the three-time World Cup winner.
“Met with President Obama while he was in town. We spoke about how to work
together to make the world better,” Pele said.
“Happy we are on the same team.”
Obama was in Sao Paulo for a digital innovation conference.
Pele, widely considered to be the greatest footballer in history, was
admitted to a Paris hospital last month after appearing at a promotional
event with France striker Kylian Mbappe.
He spent almost a week in the medical facility before returning to Sao
Paulo, where he was admitted to another hospital for the kidney stone
procedure.
Pele, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and perhaps most
memorably in Mexico in 1970 when his swashbuckling team re-defined modern
football, has had several health scares in recent years.
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