Brazil’s New Woman
Brazil has now passed another test of its young democracy: having a woman at the height of executive power. The challenges facing President-elect Dilma Rousseff are huge, but so are her advantages.
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SÃO PAULO – Brazil has changed dramatically over the past 15 years. It has set its economy on the right course, reduced poverty, lessened inequality, and consolidated its democracy. The ghosts of the past – authoritarianism, political persecution, and censorship – have been left behind, as Brazilian democracy passed important tests suchas the impeachment of a president and the rise to the presidency of a former trade union leader.