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Dilma Rousseff elected Brazilian president

  • 01-11-2010 3:31am
    #1
    goose2005
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    Dilma Rouseff (Workers' Party), "anointed" successor of "Lula", has won the Brazilian election with 56m votes, ahead of Jose Serra (Social Democrats) with 44m. Don't expect much coverage, because Irish media only covers Anglophone countries. Brazil is one of the BRIC emerging economies (Brazil-Russia-India-China) and is really one that Ireland should try and develop trade with.


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  • #2
    jock101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭jock101


    Who???:confused: Never heard of him and how is this news going to affect my life?;)


  • #3
    Lockstep
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    jock101 wrote: »
    Who???:confused: Never heard of him and how is this news going to affect my life?;)

    Her.
    It'll affect your life given that she'll be governing Brazil, one of the emerging superpowers (as the OP has said, it's a BRIC country)

    More info here


  • #4
    southsiderosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    goose2005 wrote: »
    Dilma Rouseff (Workers' Party), "anointed" successor of "Lula", has won the Brazilian election with 56m votes, ahead of Jose Serra (Social Democrats) with 44m. Don't expect much coverage, because Irish media only covers Anglophone countries. Brazil is one of the BRIC emerging economies (Brazil-Russia-India-China) and is really one that Ireland should try and develop trade with.

    Do you have a opinion on Rouseff, or is this just an opportunity to knock the Irish media?


  • #5
    Zynks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭Zynks


    Dilma is quite an interesting character. I believe the press is overdoing the theory that she is Lula's puppet. She stood up against military dictatorship in the 70's and has a strong record working with the energy sector regulation and development in the last 15 years. I think it was a good choice, but the country's economy is at, or close to, a peak, so she might become an easy target for the opposition in a couple of years.


  • #6
    snubbleste
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    Her father is Bulgarian.
    Should we be worried?


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  • #7
    southsiderosie
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    Zynks wrote: »
    Dilma is quite an interesting character. I believe the press is overdoing the theory that she is Lula's puppet. She stood up against military dictatorship in the 70's and has a strong record working with the energy sector regulation and development in the last 15 years. I think it was a good choice, but the country's economy is at, or close to, a peak, so she might become an easy target for the opposition in a couple of years.

    But there are a lot of WP activists who opposed the military dictatorship. To be honest, I think Lula could have put just about anyone up there, and they would have won.

    My concern is not necessarily that the media sees her as Lula's puppet, but that her own party does as well. She has not built up her own power base; how is she going to make any big reforms? Brazil has made tremendous gains over the last decade, but it still needs to deal with urban crime, red tape, and a myriad of other issues. Not to mention problems of corruption within the WP.


  • #8
    jock101
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    kickoutthejams wrote: »
    Her.
    It'll affect your life given that she'll be governing Brazil, one of the emerging superpowers (as the OP has said, it's a BRIC country)

    More info here

    I was only joking!:)


  • #9
    Zynks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭Zynks


    southsiderosie wrote: »
    But there are a lot of WP activists who opposed the military dictatorship. To be honest, I think Lula could have put just about anyone up there, and they would have won.

    My concern is not necessarily that the media sees her as Lula's puppet, but that her own party does as well. She has not built up her own power base; how is she going to make any big reforms? Brazil has made tremendous gains over the last decade, but it still needs to deal with urban crime, red tape, and a myriad of other issues. Not to mention problems of corruption within the WP.

    I don't think high impact reforms are feasible. Brazil has been evolving gradually and very successfully. There is consensus in general about that.

    As for crime and other issues, I think the changes will come as the benefits of an increasingly fair (or less unfair) society cause the change in perception at the lower end of the socio-economic scale.

    In my view, the Brazilian history is that of a country that was exploited by colonizers, then by its own 'royalty' and several governments with dubious motivation (there are few exceptions). The last 10 years or so is the first period of consistent development in social awareness and fairness, while strengthening the economy. Continuation of these policies are the best chance of success, and Dilma has the support required to keep the ship on route.


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