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Dilma Roussef, The first female president of Brazil
Author: Qwerty
Dilma Rousseff today made history by become the first female president of Brazil, replacing the popular Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the promise of continuing his legacy, especially in the fight against poverty that eats a million people in the country.
Rousseff, an economist with 63 years affiliated with the Workers’ Party (PT), which grew in the shadow of Lula, his political godfather, was inaugurated as president for the period 2011-2014, a post he occupied until now had only 39 men in a ceremony held in the full House of Representatives. Read the rest of this entry »
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Correa: Any de facto government will face isolation in the region
Author: Qwerty
The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, warned that any de facto government in South America will be subjected to isolation after coming into force of the protocol of the democratic clause of UNASUR.
“Attempted coup attempt came to power by a de facto government and know that you’ll be faced with total ostracism of the region,” Bush said.
Correa issued the warning at a press conference with his Guyanese counterpart, Bharrat Jagdeo, in which both talked about what was agreed at the Fourth Summit of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), which concluded today in Georgetown.
The protocol of the democracy clause was approved today by 8 of the 12 presidents of the member countries of UNASUR, after being prepared by their foreign ministers on Thursday.