Tag: Dilma Rousseff

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 01:48 UTC

  Rousseff forecasted to increase integration with Mercosur and BRIC

  

  Brazilian and Argentine international relations experts anticipate that if as all opinion polls indicate Dilma Rousseff will be elected next Sunday as the first woman president in the history of Brazil, the country’s foreign policy will continue the model implemented by President Lula da Silva.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:46 UTC

  Lula da Silva again furious with the press for exposing government corruption

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva again attached the media on Tuesday claiming that freedom of expression does not imply “inventing stories and news”. He added that the media instead of helping public opinion preach “hatred” and are only interested in “failures of his government”.

• Monday, September 20th 2010 - 23:07 UTC

  Lula da Silva and presidential candidate Rousseff attack the press

  

  Brazil’s ruling party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff accused the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo of “defamation” for publishing an article linking her to alleged irregularities during her time as an official and, in this way, joined the criticisms against certain media formulated by President Lula da Silva.

• Monday, September 20th 2010 - 02:23 UTC

  Brazilian star calls Lula da Silva “coup-monger” and Serra, “an idiot”

  

  Caetano Veloso, one of Brazil’s most exquisite poet-singers has called President Lula da Silva a “coup monger” and the opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra, a “moron” and an “idiot”.

• Thursday, September 16th 2010 - 18:35 UTC

  Brazil’s presidential candidate Rousseff seems immune to corruption allegations

  

  President Lula da Silva's chief of staff Erenice Guerra resigned over a corruption scandal that the opposition is trying to use to derail his candidate in next month's presidential election.

• Monday, September 13th 2010 - 04:08 UTC

  Brazilian press claim Rousseff’s closest aide was involved in a graft scheme

  

  Brazil’s leading news magazine Veja accused presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff's former aide and current presidential chief of staff, Erenice Guerra, of involvement in a graft scheme.

• Saturday, September 11th 2010 - 18:28 UTC

  Dilma only waiting for October 3 to become Brazil’s first woman president

  

  With only three weeks left the ruling Brazilian government Workers Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff increased her advantage over the main opposition hopeful, former Sao Paulo governor Jose Serra to 23 points, according to the latest opinion polls released by Folha de Sao Paulo the television network O’Globo.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 02:36 UTC

  “Steam roller” Rousseff collects more campaign funds than her eight rivals

  

  The Brazilian presidential electoral campaign for pro-government candidate Dilma Rousseff has gathered more funds than the campaigns of her eight rivals combined, according to data published by the TSE Superior Electoral Tribunal.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2010 - 05:59 UTC

  Landslide Bulgarian vote for Dilma Rousseff president of Brazil

  

  Bulgaria has been trapped by a “Dilma fever” given the almost certain victory of the Brazilian ruling party’s presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff whose family came from Bulgaria.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 02:48 UTC

  Lifting Mercosur out of its “institutional paralysis”, Rousseff’s main challenge

  

  Consolidating South American integration would be the main foreign policy priority of the Brazilian ruling party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff if public opinion polls are confirmed at the ballot box next October 3 and she emerges as the successor of Lula da Silva.