Sunday, January 2, 2011

Rousseff sworn in as Brazil's new president (AP)

Brazil´s outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, raises the arm of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff after placing the presidential sash on her at the Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Rousseff, a former rebel who was imprisoned and tortured during the nation's 21-year military dictatorship, was sworn in as Brazil's first female president Saturday.(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - Dilma Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil's first female president Saturday, capping a rapid political trajectory for the career technocrat and former Marxist rebel who was imprisoned and tortured during the nation's long military dictatorship.

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