Brazil elects its first female president, Dilma Rousseff
source: http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/brazil-elects-its-first-female-president-...
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On Sunday, Brazilians elected their first female president, 62 year-old Dilma Rousseff, who served as former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Chief of Staff for the last five years. In her victory speech, as shown in the video, she saluted how far democracy had come to Brazil, allowing a woman like her to attain the presidency.
In a runoff election, Rousseff was elected with 56% of the vote versus 44% for her democratic rival José Serra, 68 years old, and became the first woman to lead the world's eighth largest economy.
Chants of 'olé, olé, olé, ola, Dilma, Dilma!', could be heard in the streets as thousands of supporters and enthusiastic activists celebrated the victory of the Workers Party candidate.
In a runoff election, Rousseff was elected with 56% of the vote versus 44% for her democratic rival José Serra, 68 years old, and became the first woman to lead the world's eighth largest economy.
Chants of 'olé, olé, olé, ola, Dilma, Dilma!', could be heard in the streets as thousands of supporters and enthusiastic activists celebrated the victory of the Workers Party candidate.
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