Some of the challenges waiting for Brazilian president-elect Dilma Rousseff

Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 04:51 UTC

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Dilma Rousseff became on Sunday Brazil’s first woman president and the first former guerrilla to reach the highest post in the country. In spite of being described by her mentor Lula da Silva as “a first class (electoral campaign) warrior and excellent manager” Ms Rousseff faces phenomenal challenges, not least the legacy of who handpicked her. Read full article

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Geti
Rousseff certainly has big shoes to fill. She needs to focus on economic innovation and education in order to maintain Brazil’s current rise. Brazil has changed leaps and bounds in the past fifteen years, and the stage is set for even larger growth. Glauci Arbix describes the next step: “Brazil has come far, but in order to compete…the predominance of low valued-added products needs to give way to the rise of an economy based on more innovative and dynamic firms. Otherwise, the country will be condemned to shine weakly on the periphery of the global market.” Read more of what Arbix has to say here: http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/arbix2/English
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Fido Dido
I'm willing to bet that she will do fine, accomplish more and will be a pain for her protectionist female neighbor.
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