Dilma Rousseff Inaugurated in Brazil

Former Marxist rebel Dilma Rousseff has been inaugurated President of Brazil. Rousseff had served as energy minister and chief of staff for outgoing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva before being elected the first female to lead the Latin American powerhouse.

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