Sunday, January 02, 2011

From Captured Gurrila Warrior to President - Dilma Rousseff



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63 years old Dilma Vana Rousseff is sworn into presidency for Brazil yesterday 1.Jan.2011, the first woman as Brazilian President. From 3 years imprisonment behind bars and being tortured with electrical shocks as a captured Guerrilla Warrior who fought to overthrow dictatorship of previous Brazilian gorvernance.

She has Marxist-Leninist background, and were member of at least 2 different Guerrilla forces including National Liberation Commandos and VAR Palmares. She was captured with arms and sent to prison (1970-1972) and tortured. She joined party politics in 1980s.

Rousseff was Chief of Staff of Brazil between 2005-2010, and Minister of Mines and Energy 2003-2005.

I think she is a representation of fighter of strong political will, fighting oppressors from the very bottom all the way to the very top.

Her success story will encourage fighters globally. :)


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Rousseff sworn in as Brazil's new president

By BRADLEY BROOKS, Associated Press – Sat Jan 1, 5:01 pm ET
BRASILIA, Brazil – From torture in a dictatorship-era jail cell to the helm of Latin America's largest nation, it's been an unlikely political rise for President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist rebel turned career technocrat who claimed Brazil's seat of power Saturday.

In becoming the country's 36th president, Rousseff pulled off a feat nearly unthinkable a year ago when the relative unknown was tapped by then-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be the ruling Workers Party candidate.

She swept into office on the back of Silva's near universal adoration in Brazil.

"I am going to consolidate the transformative work done by President Lula," said Rousseff, 63, during a 40-minute inaugural address. "He changed the way the government is run and led the people to trust in themselves."



巴西“铁娘子”:从囚徒到总统
2011年01月02日 10:55:30  来源: 新华网 【字号 留言打印关闭

1月1日,在巴西首都巴西利亚的总统府高原宫,巴西新总统迪尔玛·罗塞夫(左)与前任总统卢拉执手相望。当天下午,巴西新一届总统就职典礼在巴西利亚举 行,在去年的总统选举第二轮投票中获胜的劳工党候选人迪尔玛·罗塞夫正式宣誓就职,成为巴西历史上首位女总统。新华社/圣保罗通讯社

  新年第一天,南美洲国家巴西迎来首位女总统迪尔玛·罗塞夫。

  迪尔玛是保加利亚移民与巴西本地人的后代,坐过牢、受过刑,以经济学家身份进入政府,在前任总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦力挺之下走上政治顶峰。

  囚徒

  迪尔玛现年63岁,1948年出生于巴西东南部米纳斯州首府贝洛奥里藏特一个中产阶级家庭,父亲佩德罗·罗塞夫是保加利亚移民,母亲迪尔玛·哈内·席尔瓦是土生土长的巴西人。

  1964年至1985年,巴西军政府独裁统治时期,迪尔玛投身反独裁地下组织,参加以武装推翻军政府为目标的游击队。

  迪尔玛1970年1月在圣保罗市被捕入狱。度过将近3年铁窗生涯后,她1972年底出狱。她事后说,入狱期间,她受过电刑。

  巴西恢复民选体制后,迪尔玛开始研修经济,1986年重返政治,最终加入卢拉领导的劳工党。

  她先后出任阿雷格里港市财政局长和南里约格朗德州能源厅厅长。

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