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# Dilma Rousseff

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# Dilma Rousseff
Cheers and cries as Brazil's president stripped of her title in impeachment
This has ended 13 years of leftist rule in the country.
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Aug 31st 2016, 6:12 PM
# impeached
Explainer: How Brazil brought impeachment charges against its president
Dilma Rousseff is almost certain to be sacked for good, less than 2 years into her term.
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Aug 13th 2016, 7:45 AM
# gender imbalance
White men make up 25% of Brazil's population - they now account for 100% of its cabinet
The country’s new cabinet is not looking representative.
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May 13th 2016, 12:17 PM
# Dilma Rousseff
It's happening - Brazil is finally set to launch an impeachment against its president
Dilma Rousseff’s tenure as president has been beset by scandal and allegations of corruption
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May 12th 2016, 2:34 PM
# marathon vote
Brazil in crisis after vote to impeach president
President Dilma Rousseff has been dogged by controversy in recent times.
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Apr 18th 2016, 1:00 PM
# People Power
Pictures: An incredible THREE MILLION people have joined an anti-government protest in Brazil
The protest was directed at the country’s embattled president Dilma Rousseff amid an anti-corruption probe into the workings of her government.
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Mar 14th 2016, 8:52 AM
# Forbes
Taylor Swift is now one of the most powerful women in the world*
*According to Forbes, at least.
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May 26th 2015, 10:06 PM
# staying power
This former left-wing guerilla has just been re-elected as Brazil's president
Dilma Rousseff saw off the challenge of Aecio Neves in the presidential run-off.
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Oct 27th 2014, 7:20 AM
# Latin America
Brazil's president sees off ex-maid and 'smooth operator' to win first-round vote
Dilma Rousseff won the first-round election last night and now faces a run-off against her centre-right opponent.
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Oct 6th 2014, 10:59 AM
# Tragedy
Brazilian presidential candidate dies after plane crashes in residential area
“All of Brazil is in mourning. We lost a great Brazilian today”.
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Aug 13th 2014, 7:20 PM
# Support
Tearful Neymar backs 'friend' Messi as Argentina, Germany prepare
The Brazil star wants the four-time world footballer of the year to win on Sunday.
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Jul 11th 2014, 12:24 PM
# USA
Brazil president to postpone US state visit over NSA spy row
Dilma Rousseff has spoken to US President Barack Obama a number of times about the issue.
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Sep 18th 2013, 9:52 AM
# Brazil
Brazil leaders to meet as protests and violence gets out of hand
At least one protester was killed in Sao Paulo when a car rammed into a crowd of demonstrators.
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Jun 21st 2013, 3:44 PM
# they got the power
Merkel, Obama, Clinton, Gates: here's who topped the list of most powerful women
The Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women ranks them by money, media presence and impact. Here’s who’s in.
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May 23rd 2013, 6:45 AM
# hugo chavez
President and Tánaiste express sadness at death of Hugo Chavez
Reaction from world leaders to the death of the Venezuelan president yesterday has been mixed.
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Mar 6th 2013, 7:45 AM
# Brazil
Updated: Death toll from fire at Brazil nightclub rises to 245
A fire engulfed the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria in the south of the country at around 2am local time but has since been brought under control.
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Jan 27th 2013, 1:35 PM
# green jersey approach
Pics: Higgins meets former Brazilian president, gives him Ireland jersey
Michael D Higgins arrived in Sao Paulo yesterday and headed straight for a meeting with the popular former president.
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Oct 9th 2012, 9:05 AM
# Forbes
Forbes says Angela Merkel is the world's most powerful woman
But we knew that already…
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Aug 23rd 2012, 8:50 AM
# Hugo
Chavez wonders if US hatched cancer plot against Latin American leaders
The Venezuelan president insisted he was merely thinking aloud. It follows news that Argentina’s president is the latest Latin Americna leader to be diagnosed with cancer.
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Dec 29th 2011, 2:53 PM
# Bye Bye
2011: The year of resignations
Undone by sex scandals, economic failures, uprisings and other controversies, an astonishing number of high-profile figures resigned from their various posts in the past 12 months.
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Dec 27th 2011, 10:00 AM
# Rainforests
Brazil's rainforests under threat after agricultural lobby wins key vote
A law initially intended to protect rainforests from deforestation has been influenced so much by the the country’s powerful agricultural lobby that the law as it is now looks set to actually threaten them.
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May 27th 2011, 1:52 PM
# Brazil
'Yes, a woman can be president'
Brazil’s first female head of state vows to promote gender equality.
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Nov 1st 2010, 6:14 PM
# Brazil
Brazilian presidential election set for run-off
Dilma Rousseff gets the highest portion of the vote, but not enough to avoid a run-off.
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Oct 4th 2010, 9:12 PM
# Brazilian Elections
Brazil to choose successor to Lula
Brazil goes to the polls- with a clown among hundreds hoping for election nationwide.
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Oct 3rd 2010, 3:44 PM