Dilma Rousseff
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Dilma Rousseff (Born December 14, 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician of Bulgarian origin. In the 1970s, she was the member of a left-wing guerrilla that fought against the military dictatorship. Rousseff is a member of the Worker's Party and the Chief of Staff of Brazil since 2005, when she became the first female to hold that office. In February 20, 2010, she was nominated the presidential candidate by her party.
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- Reality has changed, and we changed with it. However, I never changed sides. I have always been on the side of justice, democracy and social equality.
- Interview to Veja magazine, February 24, 2010. [1]
- Any comparison between the military dictatorship and democracy can only come from those who does not value the Brazilian democracy.
- Speech at a Senate hearing. Dilma responded to Senator José Agripino Maia, who suggested that, having lied when she was interrogated by the political police, she could also have been lying about the leak of data of Fernando Henrique Cardoso's personal expenditures. [2]
- I am proud to have lied, lying under torture is not easy. In the face of torture, a person with dignity lies. Endure torture is very difficult (...) The pain is unbearable; you can not imagine how. I am proud to have lied, because I saved my comrades from the same torture and from death.
- Speech at the same Senate hearing, responding to Senator José Agripino Maia. [3]
[edit] About Dilma Rousseff
- Minister Dilma Rousseff has a strong personality, a male side in the way in which she stamps her management.
- Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture (2003–2008). IstoeÉ magazine, December 28, 2005.
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- Biographical data of Minister Dilma Rousseff from the official website of the Presidency of Brazil
