Brazil elects first female president
Politics • October 2010 • Views: 740
Dilma Rousseff, a former rebel and longtime bureaucrat who has never held elective political office, will become Brazil’s first female president following her victory Sunday in a runoff election.
With 93% of votes counted, Rousseff led challenger Jose Serra of the Social Democratic Party by 55.4% to 44.6%, an insurmountable lead.