'''Dilma Rousseff''' (1947 - ) is the current President of [[Brazil]]. She is an economist and politician that became the first woman president of Brazil on January 1, 2011. Rousseff was Minister of Energy and later Chief of Staff with [[Lula da Silva|Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]. She was imprisoned for three years, during which she said she was tortured with electric shocks. Upon her release from prison in the early 1970s, she continued her political path and eventually joined Mr. da Silva's Worker's Party. [http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Rousseff-Sworn-In-as-Brazils-First-Woman-President-112749864.html] | '''Dilma Rousseff''' (1947 - ) is the current President of [[Brazil]]. She is an economist and politician that became the first woman president of Brazil on January 1, 2011. Rousseff was Minister of Energy and later Chief of Staff with [[Lula da Silva|Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]. She was imprisoned for three years, during which she said she was tortured with electric shocks. Upon her release from prison in the early 1970s, she continued her political path and eventually joined Mr. da Silva's Worker's Party. [http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Rousseff-Sworn-In-as-Brazils-First-Woman-President-112749864.html] |