Tag: Dilma Rousseff

• Thursday, November 4th 2010 - 05:27 UTC

  Rousseff in no hurry to name the cabinet; Lula promises “stable economy”

  

  Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff said on Wednesday she is in no hurry to name a cabinet before taking office on January 1. Her mentor President Lula da Silva promised to leave a “stable economic situation”.

• Thursday, November 4th 2010 - 05:23 UTC

  Brazil warns more Fed liquidity could lead to protectionist policies

  

  Brazil said on Wednesday it was worried by the US Federal Reserve's plan to buy billions more dollars in bonds, saying the US policy of easy money could lead countries to enact protectionist policies.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 00:18 UTC

  Austerity and tough spending cuts in Lula da Silva’s last two months

  

  Brazil’s Lula da Silva could implement a series of austerity measures and spending cuts during the last two months of his presidential period in order to leave an easier scenario for president-elect Dilma Rousseff, reported Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 04:51 UTC

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

  

  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.

• Monday, November 1st 2010 - 00:03 UTC

  A woman president for Latinamerica’s largest economy and Lula da Silva’s legacy

  

  President Lula da Silva’s handpicked candidate Dilma Rousseff won Brazil's Sunday run-off becoming the first woman president to lead Latinamerica’s largest economy. Ms Rousseff promised to stick to policies that have lifted millions from poverty and made Brazil one of the world's hottest economies.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 06:58 UTC

  Another plus for Lula da Silva: Dilma in the threshold of becoming Brazil’s first woman president

  

  Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff cruised through the final television debate with presidential rival Jose Serra on Friday as another poll showed her heading for a convincing win in Sunday's runoff election.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:33 UTC

  Serra promises “substantial” changes to relations with Mercosur if elected president

  

  Brazil’s presidential opposition candidate Jose Serra promised substantial changes to the country’s foreign policy if elected next Sunday. He specifically mentioned Brazil’s lobbying for a seat at the UN Security Council, the functioning of Mercosur and relations with Cuba and Iran.

• Sunday, October 24th 2010 - 03:00 UTC

  The Economist prefers Jose Serra as a better president but admits the inevitable

  

  Nevertheless it admits that Dilma Rousseff, with the help from outgoing president Lula da Silva, (and his extraordinary political gifts and innate pragmatism), will most probably be the winner.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2010 - 03:33 UTC

  Dilma Rousseff seems back on track and leads with 51% vote intention

  

  The Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff has widened her lead ahead of a presidential runoff vote on October 31, a poll showed, suggesting her campaign may be back on pace after a rough two weeks in which she appeared to be back-pedalling

• Monday, October 18th 2010 - 21:18 UTC

  Brazil’s king-maker prefers to remain ‘independent”: decision favours Dilma

  

  Brazil’s Green Party decided Sunday to remain independent in the presidential runoff election on October 31.
  The third-place finisher in the first round, Marina Silva said she would not support either Dilma Rousseff, a former cabinet chief, or the opposition candidate, José Serra, a former governor of São Paulo.