01 January 2011

BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT-ELECT DILMA ROUSSEFF IS THE FIRST OF HER KIND.


Writes the New York Times:
Voters who supported her in São Paulo, where [Rousseff's opponent] Mr. Serra won, said Sunday that they were willing to look past her lack of experience. “If it were only about experience I would never vote for her,” said Denilson Quintino, 43, an electrician. “But she has a good team behind her. Today the country is much better off because of the Lula government. [Lula da Silva] did more for me than any other president.”
 [Source image: CBC News.]