Posts Tagged: Dilma Rousseff

Re-election for Brazil’s Rousseff in sight

October 3, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Americas.

Brazilian President and candidate to reelection of the Workers Party (PT) Dilma Rousseff (L) and Marina Silva, candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), are seen before their last TV debate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 2, 2014. Brazil's general election will be held on October 5, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA

The president has managed to rebound from a disastrous year – i.e., mass street protests, economic recession, and the humiliating defeat of the Brazilian team at the World Cup.

Brazil’s left rises as USS Forrestal nears the end

February 13, 2024 by W. Alex Sanchez in Americas.

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People sing songs in praise of former South African President Nelson Mandela after arriving in the 95,000-seat FNB Stadium December 10, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A once-mighty symbol of American military prowess is being decommissioned, while Brazil’s former radicals take on new power and prestige.

Brazil’s warplane choice not a Saab story for France

December 19, 2024 by W. Alex Sanchez in Americas, Europe.

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A Saab JAS 39C Gripen jet performs during an aerial show in Eslov in this June 5, 2024 file photo. Brazil on December 18, 2024 awarded a $4.5 billion contract to Saab AB to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets, a surprise coup for the Swedish company after news of U.S. spying on Brazilians helped derail Boeing's chances for the deal. The contract, negotiated over the course of three consecutive Brazilian presidencies, will supply Brazil's air force with 36 new Gripen NG fighters through 2023. Aside from the cost of the jets themselves, the agreement is also expected to generate billions of additional dollars in future supply and service contracts.

A Dassault win would have been a feather in Hollande’s damaged cap and another link forged between Brazil and France.

Will Lula swoop in and unite Brazil’s divided left?

August 19, 2024 by Matt Taylor in Americas.

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Former Brazilian president Lula Da Silva (R) embraces current Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff upon her arrival at the Forum of Social Progress on December 11, 2024 in Paris. AFP PHOTO POOL REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE/Getty Images

The popular former president made the career of the current one, but a stubborn protest movement fed by economic discontent has many looking to recent history for a unifying figure.

Rousseff’s ratings plunge, but she’s not finished — yet

July 16, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Americas.

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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (R) and her foreign minister Antonio Patriota are pictured during the XLV Mercosur Summit, at the headquarters of the bloc in Montevideo on July 12, 2013.

National protests this June, and a subsequent drop in popularity, come at an inopportune time for Rousseff, who is eyeing a bid for the October 2014 presidential election.

Medvedev misses a spot on Latin America visit

February 26, 2024 by W. Alex Sanchez in Americas.

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It seems clear that Medvedev’s mini-trip was meant to serve as a reminder to Latin America that Russia is still interested in being a trading partner.

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