Dilma Rousseff
A busy first day for Brazil new Prez Dilma
Jan. 3: Brazil’s new President Dilma Rousseff held a flurry of talks with foreign envoys on Sunday during her first full day in office after succeeding her hugely popular predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula
Brazil's first female prez sworn in
Brasilia: Dilma Rousseff took over as Brazil's first female president on Saturday with pledges to build on the policies of her hugely popular predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The 63-year-old di
Rousseff sworn in Brazil 36th Prez
Jan. 2: From torture in a dictatorship-era jail cell to the helm of Latin America’s largest nation, it’s been an unlikely political rise for President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist rebel-turned-car
Ex-guerrilla to be Brazil's first female president
A former Marxist guerrilla who was tortured and imprisoned during Brazil's long dictatorship was elected as president of Latin America's biggest nation, a country in the midst of an economic and polit
Dilma thanks Lula for victory
Brasilia, Nov. 1: Ms Dilma Rousseff, elected Brazil’s first female President, tearfully thanked her predecessor and mentor Mr Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for her win on Sunday, and vowed to uphold his l
