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Money Morning
| over 2 years ago
Brazil's new President Dilma Rousseff joined the chorus of foreign policymakers calling for the Chinese government to allow the yuan to appreciate against other currencies and improve trade imbalances. Russia and India, Trade Minister Fernando...
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International Business Times
| over 2 years ago
The Economic Monitor Subscribe to The Economic Monitor to get the day's most relevant news, data and anlaysis . Sample Tensions between the two biggest parties in Rousseff's coalition have simmered since well before her inauguration on Saturday and...
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Leader Post Online
| over 2 years ago
Brazil's new government has signalled its intention to press ahead with a "truth commission" to investigate abuses by the country's former military dictatorship. Days after President Dilma Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil's first woman leader, her...
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Qatar English Daily
| over 2 years ago
Brazil's new President Dilma Rousseff held a flurry of talks with foreign envoys yesterday during her first full day in office after succeeding her hugely popular predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The 63-year-old Rousseff, who was Lula's former...
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Democracy Now
| over 2 years ago
On Saturday, Dilma Rousseff received the presidential sash from outgoing President Lula da Silva at a ceremony in the capital Brasilia. In the 1960s, Rousseff was a guerilla resisting Brazil's military dictatorship...We speak with Greg Grandin,...
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Ansa
| over 2 years ago
Italy is considering taking Brazil to the International Criminal Court in The Hague over its failure to extradite leftist ex-terrorist Cesare Battisti. The Brazilian government said it would refuse to hand over the convicted murderer on Friday, Luiz...
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United Press International
| over 2 years ago
Italy's prime minister condemned Brazil's refusal to extradite a former left-wing Italian militant sentenced in absentia for killing a man in 1979. "I express deep bitterness and regret at the decision by (Brazilian) President Lula to refuse the...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 2 years ago
Story continues below The new foreign minister Antonio Patriota said her travel plans would take her to Brazil's two biggest trading partners, the United States and China, in the coming months as well as a February South America-Arab summit in Peru.
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Zaman.com
| over 2 years ago
Rousseff becomes first woman to lead Brazil Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her Vice President Michel Temer walk up the ramp to Planalto Palace after bidding farewell to outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia on Saturday.
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 2 years ago
Presiden, Lula ketika majlis mengangkat sumpah jawatan di Brazil, semalam. Presiden wanita pertama Brazil, Dilma Rousseff mengangkat sumpah jawatan semalam dengan memberi jaminan untuk meneruskan dasar Presiden sebelum itu yang popular, Luiz Inacio...
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The Daily Star
| over 2 years ago
Brazil's new President Dilma Rousseff began a busy first full day in office Sunday meeting with foreign dignitaries after pledging to build on the policies of her hugely popular predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The former Marxist rebel and the...
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Seattle Times
| over 2 years ago
Brazil Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is meeting with international leaders on her first full day in office. The former Marxist rebel and the country's first female president made foreign policy her priority Sunday, taking advantage of the many...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 2 years ago
Story continues below The leaders were among dignitaries who attended Rousseff's inauguration Saturday, which took place in Brazil's futuristic capital under rainy skies. The event was a carefully staged endorsement of continuity, with Rousseff, 63,...
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Qatar English Daily
| over 2 years ago
On behalf of HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, HH the Special Adviser to HH the Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani participated in the inauguration ceremony of Brazil's new President Dilma Rousseff as a successor to President Lula...
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Novinite
| over 2 years ago
Boyko Borisov has given a congratulatory letter from the EU Council President, Herman van Rompuy , to the newly inaugurated Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff , the Bulgarian private bTV reported. Rousseff, who is of Bulgarian origin, was formally...
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Clifton journal
| over 2 years ago
Brazil Accepting the green-and-yellow mantle of power from her immensely popular mentor, former Marxist guerrilla Dilma Rousseff was sworn Saturday as Brazil's first woman president and faced two immediate tasks: keeping the booming economy on track...
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BBC
| over 2 years ago
Rousseff sworn in as Brazil's first female president 1 January 2011 Last updated at 18:29 ET The new president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, has been sworn into office. A former left-wing rebel who was tortured under military rule, Ms Rousseff is the...
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The Age
| over 2 years ago
Story continues below As the rain lifted, the car's roof came down and she stood up in the back, dressed in white and waving to people brandishing flags and umbrellas. She then embraced Lula at the presidential palace, receiving from him the green-...
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China News
| over 2 years ago
Brazilians spilled on to the streets of the capital on Saturday to witness the swearing in of the first woman to become Brazil's president and bid farewell to the most popular leader in the country's modern history, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Dilma...
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United Press International
| over 2 years ago
Dilma Rousseff, a 63-year-old grandmother and former urban guerrilla who spent three years in prison, was sworn in Saturday as Brazil's first woman president. The thousands of people who packed the National Congress in Brasilia included 23 heads of...
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Inquirer.net
| over 2 years ago
Saturday as Dilma Rousseff took over Brazil's presidency from her mentor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The hours-long ceremony featuring ornate protocol against the backdrop of Brazil's futuristic capital marked the turning of an era, as Latin America's...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 2 years ago
Ms Rousseff has inherited a strong and growing economy, but she says the nation's greatest challenges are social ones. In a televised address to the nation, she highlighted eradicating extreme poverty as her biggest challenge. A 63-year-old...
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Inquirer.net
| over 2 years ago
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. "They talked and smiled, at least for five minutes. It looked like a social...
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Kuwait Times
| over 2 years ago
Under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil has transformed in eight years from a crisis-prone underperformer to an economic powerhouse with millions of new middle-class consumers and a growing say in world affairs. The rise of the Latin...
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Japan Today
| over 2 years ago
Brazil 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...
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World News
| over 2 years ago
Dilma Rousseff has been sworn in as Brazil's first female president, succeeding her hugely popular predecessor and mentor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Rousseff, 63, who served as Lula's former cabinet chief, assumed the presidency on Saturday at Brazil'...
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Voice of America
| over 2 years ago
Dilma Rousseff took the oath of office Saturday during a ceremony in the capital of Brasilia, taking over from her highly popular political mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, known to many as "Lula."...Rousseff served as his chief of staff for five...
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KSAZ
| over 2 years ago
Dilma Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil's first female president Saturday pledging to build on the policies of her hugely popular predecessor and mentor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Rousseff, Lula's 63-year-old former cabinet chief, assumed the...
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BBC
| over 2 years ago
Brazil's new president pledges to eradicate poverty 1 January 2011 Last updated at 13:24 ET Brazil's first woman president is being inaugurated in a ceremony in the capital Brasilia. Dilma Rousseff takes overs from Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, who has...
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Novinite
| over 2 years ago
Photo by BBC Brazil 's new President Dilma Rousseff vowed to protect economic stability in her inaugural address to the Brazilian Congress on Saturday. Rousseff, whose father was Bulgarian immigrant Petar Rusev, was inaugurated on January 1, 2011 as...
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Truthdig
| over 2 years ago
Jan 1, 2011 Brazil's first female president has finally been sworn into office. Dilma Rousseff, the protege of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, promised to protect the most vulnerable of Brazilian society in her inauguration speech...
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The Globe & Mail
| over 2 years ago
Dilma Rousseff became Brazil's first female president Saturday after promising to build on an unprecedented run of economic success achieved by her popular predecessor and mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Thousands of admirers braved a driving rain...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 2 years ago
Rousseff, 63, took office with big shoes to fill: those of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva , who leaves Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia with an 87% approval rating, the highest in recent history for a departing leader of South America's largest...
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Al Jazeera
| over 2 years ago
Dilma Rousseff has been sworn in as Brazil's first female president, succeeding her hugely popular predecessor and mentor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Rousseff, 63, who served as Lula's former cabinet chief, assumed the presidency on Saturday at Brazil'...
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CNN
| over 2 years ago
Brazil's first female president was sworn in Saturday amid cheers and tears from supporters, many of whom followed her rise from freedom fighter brutally persecuted in the 1960s to leader of her country. Addressing the nation as president for the...
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Fox
| over 2 years ago
Brazil Dilma Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil's first female president Saturday, capping a rapid political trajectory for the career technocrat and former Marxist rebel who was imprisoned and tortured during the nation's long military dictatorship.
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CNN
| over 2 years ago
Brazil's first female president was sworn in Saturday amid cheers and tears from supporters, many of whom followed her rise from freedom fighter brutally persecuted in the 1960s to leader of her country. Addressing the nation as president for the...
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Novinite
| over 2 years ago
Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov has sent a congratulatory telegram to Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff on her stepping in office. "Your campaign and victory have touched have touched the Bulgarian society. I am confident that the...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| over 2 years ago
Brazil bids farewell to Lula as Rousseff steps in Brazilians spilled on to the streets of the capital on Saturday to witness the swearing in of the first woman to become Brazil's president and bid farewell to the most popular leader in the country's...
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BBC
| over 2 years ago
Dilma Rousseff is about to be sworn in as Brazil's first woman president, succeeding Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the most popular president in the country's history. Ms Rousseff, 62, who has never held elected office, has pledged to follow the path...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 2 years ago
Imprimer Envoyer Partager Twitter Delicious Digg Wikio Viadeo Linkedin Traduire Reagir (3) Une economiste et ex-guerillera de 63 ans, Dilma Rousseff, devient samedi la premiere femme a presider le Bresil, succedant a l'ancien ouvrier metallurgiste et...
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Novinite
| over 2 years ago
Brazil 's hugely popular President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to step down Saturday, in a lavish ceremony ushering in his successor and protegee, Dilma Rousseff . Rousseff , who is of Bulgarian origin, will become the first female president of...
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Novinite
| over 2 years ago
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will be one of the very few European leaders, who will attend the inauguration of Brazil 's new President Dilma Rousseff , who is of Bulgarian origin, on January 1. Rousseff will replace Brazil 's popular...
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AP Online
| over 2 years ago
Brazil (AP) — A one-time Marxist guerrilla who was tortured under Brazil's long dictatorship will become the first female president of Latin America's largest nation when she is sworn in Saturday.
Dilma Rousseff takes the presidency...
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Daily Mail & Guardian
| over 2 years ago
When Dilma Rousseff is sworn in on Saturday as Brazil's next president, she will take the reins of an emerging giant with a booming economy, vast new oil reserves and growing international diplomatic clout. But for Brazil to remain one of the world's...
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Epoch Times
| over 2 years ago
Dec 31, 2010 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) and president-elect Dilma Rousseff (L) arrive at the opening plenary session of the G20 Summit in Seoul on November 12, 2010. (Michel Euler//AFP/Getty Images) Dilma Rousseff will take...
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Al Jazeera English
| over 2 years ago
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, has announced that he will grant an amnesty to Cesare Battisti, a former Italian leftist radical wanted in his home country. The decision on Thursday not to extradite the convicted murderer...
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Miami Herald
| over 2 years ago
When Dilma Rousseff, a technocrat and a former Marxist guerrilla, is inaugurated as Brazil's president Saturday, she'll become one of the most powerful women in the world. And although outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hand-picked her as...
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Newyork Times
| over 2 years ago
Rousseff, the first woman to be elected president of Latin America's biggest country, will have especially big shoes to fill, having to succeed the nation's most popular leader in history, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...Rousseff has been eager to show...
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The New York Times
| over 2 years ago
Rousseff, the first woman to be elected president of Latin America's biggest country, will have especially big shoes to fill, having to succeed the nation's most popular leader in history, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...Rousseff has been eager to show...
