former ambassador was introduced by jane harman, president of the woodrow wilson center. >> good morning. good morning too many good friends in the audience. i see ambassador, my different. i see caroline and others. i'm jane harman, president and ceo of the wilson center and delighted to welcome you to this just before the christmas holiday, important event. the wilson center knows a lot about brazil, and so does our keynote speaker and good friend, ambassador tom shannon. our brazil institute is the premier place in washington for dialogue on u.s. brazil policy. we were first to honor dilma rousseff and sponsored the brazil economic conference. we regularly hosted brazilian government and legislative in our interest a platform to air the good, the bad and the ugly in our relationship.