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Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Brazil's first female president sworn in (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 03:47 PM PST

Newly sworn-in Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (L) receives the presidential sash from outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia. Rousseff, who beat opposition candidate Jose Serra in a run-off election last October with 56 percent of the votes, has become the South American nation's first female president.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Dilma Rousseff took over as Brazil's first female president Saturday with pledges to "govern for all" and build on the policies of her hugely popular predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Chavez, Clinton chat at Brazil inauguration (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 02:07 PM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) shakes hands with US Secretary Hillary Clinton (2ndL) next to Colombian President Manuel Santos (L) and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, during the inaugration of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia. Despite a simmering diplomatic row, Chavez and Clinton were seen having a brief, friendly chat Saturday.(AFP/Adriano Machado)AFP - Despite a simmering diplomatic row, President Hugo Chavez and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were seen having a brief, friendly chat Saturday at the inauguration of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff.

Rousseff sworn in as Brazil's new president (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 02:01 PM PST

Brazil´s outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, raises the arm of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff after placing the presidential sash on her at the Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Rousseff, a former rebel who was imprisoned and tortured during the nation's 21-year military dictatorship, was sworn in as Brazil's first female president Saturday.(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - 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 career technocrat who claimed Brazil's seat of power Saturday.

Rousseff becomes first woman to lead Brazil (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:15 AM PST

Shamans hold a photograph of Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff as they perform a ritual for new year wishes in Lima December 29, 2010 . REUTERS/Mariana BazoReuters - Dilma Rousseff became Brazil's first female president on Saturday and promised to build on an unprecedented run of economic success achieved by her popular predecessor and mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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