President Rousseff battles for cohesion in a disappointed ruling coalition

Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 07:28 UTC

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Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday that the two main parties of the ruling coalition, “PT (Workers party) and the PMDB (Brazilian Democratic Movement) are the basis of the stability and trust of the government”. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
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Aug 24th, 2011 - 09:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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xbarilox
@ 1 lol so you were right after all, when you said that she was not the right person to replace Lula. I still remember your comment and the replies to your comment. how does it feel? :)
Aug 24th, 2011 - 11:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Fido Dido
she was or is not right for his ideology he stands for. This proves him that she does indeed stronger than Mr Lula and cleans up the corruption mess, no matter who gets hurts. This only strenghtens her in the long term.
Aug 25th, 2011 - 02:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Wrong Lula replacement for the right reasons.
Right Lula replacement for the wrong reasons.
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She is the antithesis of what he stood for, and so is good in my eyes;
she is an (ex-)terrorist, and so bad in my eyes;
she abhors corruption, and so is good in my eyes;
she is a poor politicial 'fixer', and so is bad in my eyes;
she 'talks-turkey' with the opposition, and so is good in my eyes;
she is not a rabble-rousing bombastic, and so is good in my eyes;
she props up CFK in public, and so is bad in my eyes;
she sees malpractice and punishes it, and so is good in my eyes;
she rarely engages with 'the people', and so is bad in my eyes;
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We have truely hatched a Curates Egg with this Presidenta,
but her good bits are so much better than Lula's,
so that,
on balance and for the moment,
she is 'My Presidenta'.
Aug 25th, 2011 - 10:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Felipe RamonGama
I gotta admit, she surprised me, it's always good to watch rotten applees fall, be it for a good reason or not.

I'm still a little afraid of some of her more... extreme views, specially on development (like creating 2 dams that will flood an area, almost the size of Portugal, of the Amazon Forest but will only produce a fairly tiny quantity of power).

But when it comes to administration, she is doing well, causing trouble and fights sure, but she is doing what is best for the people and country, which is creating an effective, honest and cheaper government.

I don't know if she will be successful, or if she will end up giving up along the way, but it's nice to see someone trying, maybe it's the good side of having someone who had never been a politician before in power.
Aug 25th, 2011 - 03:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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