
The victory of the black American was celebrated by the Communists in Cuba, anti -Americanists led by Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Muslims of Indonesia, Paris and London Street, the Obama Friends club in Japan, and in Kenya they completely declared a national holiday. In America itself, the day after the elections it was impossible to buy newspapers - and some publications printed circulations. The New York Times, for November 5, was traded on E-Bay for $ 200. In many cities of America, that night when Barack Obama made his first presidential speech-“while we breathe, we hope”, “this is our time”, “the power of America is not in our military power and wealth, but in the ideals that we believe in: democracy and freedom”-tens of thousands of people entered the streets of cities, including Avenue Pension in front of the White House. And in the state of Virginia, in Richmond- the capital of the slave-owning American South, which a half a century ago declared war on the North, defending the right of white slaves, that night cried, dance, hugged, hugged, representatives of generations of Baby boards and adolescents, functionaries of the Democratic Party and pizza. How did Obama succeed? How the nation managed to overcome one of the most powerful animals of instincts - the fear of someone else’s - in the capital of the Confederates and in the former slave -owning south found out The New Times