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Former President of Brazil - Dilma Rousseff

Former President of Brazil - Dilma Rousseff

The Interview vor 8 Jahren

Can anyone clean up Brazilian politics?

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Can anyone clean up Brazilian politics? HARDtalk’s Shaun Ley
speaks to former Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff. Brazil was
one of the success stories of the early 21st century – under her
mentor, President Lula da Silva, rapid economic growth was
combined with radical redistribution of money to the poor. Dilma
Rousseff, who was tortured under the military dictatorship,
succeeded him, but under her presidency the economy faltered. In
2016 she was forced from office accused of fiddling the figures
to boost her chances of re-election. She’s in London drumming up
support for Lula’s bid to be re-elected President – only he’s
currently in a prison cell in Brazil having been convicted of
corruption. Can he stage a political comeback?

(Photo: Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff speaks to
supporters at the Planalto presidential palace, 2016. Credit: Igo
Estrela/Getty Images)