Refleksi : Kehebatan negeri Pancasila di bawah lindungan illahi tak mungkin seorang mantan guerila Marxist anti diktatur militer dan mantan tahanan politik untuk bertahun-tahun tak mungkin bisa naik tahta menjadi presiden seperti di Brasilia.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/poverty-tops-agenda-for-brazils-new-president-20110102-19d21.html Poverty tops agenda for Brazil's new president January 3, 2011 First lady ... Dilma Rousseff is sworn in. Photo: AP SAO PAULO: Accepting the green and yellow mantle of power from her immensely popular mentor, Dilma Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil's first female president and faced two immediate tasks: keeping the booming economy on track and fleshing out Brazil's developing role on the world stage. Ms Rousseff succeeded Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who left office with an 87 per cent approval rating. She hopes to maintain the economic momentum that was central to Mr Lula da Silva's power and popularity, while advancing an agenda of reducing poverty, improving education and tightening the state's control of natural resources, particularly new-found oil riches. Under tight security and heavy rainfall that precluded the traditional open-car procession to the swearing-in, the 63-year-old divorcee was accompanied by her daughter, Paula, to the ceremony at the Congress in Brasilia. The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, was among the leaders and representatives of 130 nations who attended the ceremony. Mrs Clinton was seen sharing a brief but seemingly well-humoured moment with the Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez. Ms Rousseff won the presidency in October on the strength of her close association with Mr Lula de Silva, for whom she had served as chief of staff since 2005. In her address she said her goal would be to ''consolidate the transformational work'' of the former president, placing the fight against poverty at the centre of her economic agenda, adding that she would also strive to ''open doors so that many other women also can, in the future, be president''. ''My supreme commitment is to honour women, protect the weakest and govern for all.'' The new president announced a 37-strong cabinet, which includes nine women. The daughter of a Bulgarian immigrant father, Ms Rousseff studied economics in college. She was tortured in the 1970s for her membership of a Marxist guerilla group opposed to the military dictatorship that then ruled the country. Before joining the Lula government she held state posts focusing on energy. Los Angeles Times [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
