“basic civil rights should be recognized within the civil legal framework.”
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Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff, known mononymously as Dilma, is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the only woman to have held the Brazilian presidency to date. Since March 2023, she has been the chair of the New Development Bank. She also served in the cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da…
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politics · President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 · economist · politician · also Dilma Rousseff, Dilma Vana Rousseff, Dilma Larpsseff, Rousseff
Born 14 December 1947 · Q40722
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2026· 6 entries
“if it were effective, there would not be such crimes in the United States.”
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Novinite.com: Dilma Rousseff Increases Lead in Brazil Presidential Race
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teleSUR English: Brazil’s Lula and Rousseff Pay Tribute to Fidel Castro on His Centennial
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teleSUR: Dilma Rousseff recuerda a Fidel Castro en centenario de su natalicio
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Dilma Rousseff | Biography, Presidency, Brazil, Impeachment, & Facts
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2024· 1 entry
Won Friendship Medal (2024).
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2022· 1 entry
The judicial investigation into the accusations of accounting manipulations that were the basis for her impeachment was officially closed, as the Brazilian Federal Public Ministry (MPF) did not identify any crime or act
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2020· 2 entries
Published video “O GOLPE DE 2016”.
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Published video “Dilma: "A luta por dias melhores se intensifica neste 1º de Maio"”.
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2019· 3 entries
Published video “Ditadura Nunca Mais”.
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Published video “Lula, herói da classe trabalhadora”.
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Published video “Nobel Prize for Lula”.
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2018· 5 entries
Published video “Dilma em Harvard: "Não é admissível o uso do lawfare no Brasil"”.
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Published video “Dilma fala em Harvard sobre risco de eleições sem Lula”.
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Published video “Dilma fala em Harvard sobre o Golpe de 2016”.
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Published video “O Golpe de 2016 boicotou o desenvolvimento de Minas”.
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Published video “Um presente em Araçuaí”.
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2015· 3 entries
Was the 7th, and in 2016 she was no longer in the list
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“lançamento dos I Jogos Mundiais dos Povos Indígenas, em 23 de junho de 2015.”
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Career landmark: President of Brazil (2015–2016).
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2014· 3 entries
Career landmark: President-elect of Brazil (2014–2014).
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Won a narrow second-round victory over Aécio Neves, also of the PSDB, to serve her second term as president
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During the presidential elections, the president, Dilma Rousseff, supported the criminalization of homophobia, citing the "high rate" of acts of violence against homosexuals in the country
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2013· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Sun of Peru (2013).
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Jonathan Taylor blew the whistle on SBM Offshore NV, the Dutch company responsible for paying hundreds of millions of dollars to senior Petrobras personnel in bribes to win offshore oil and gas-related contracts, while R
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The government revised the status of domestic workers
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2012).
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Awarded Bertha Lutz Prize (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Brazil (2011–2014).
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2010· 10 entries
“Em referência ao PIB de 2010, melhor resultado desde 1986.”
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“feel[s] tenderness and love for Bulgaria. I can even say that to a certain extent I do feel like I am Bulgarian, even though I have never been in the country where my father was born. My father died when I was only fifteen years old and I did not have the chance to learn Bulgarian.”
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Beating Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) candidate José Serra
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“Sobre um plebiscito a respeito da legalização do aborto no dia 27 de setembro de 2010.”
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“Sobre a oposição, em comício em Porto Alegre, realizado em 30 de julho de 2010”
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“Em comício, alfinetando a chapa formada por Serra (PSDB) e Indio da Costa (DEM); 16/07/2010”
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“Comentando a lista de convocados para a Copa de 2010.”
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“Durante su discurso del 31 de octubre de 2010, tras haber sido proclamada presidente-electa del Brasil.”
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“Sobre la oposición al Partido de los Trabajadores (Partido dos Trabalhadores), durante un comicio el 30 de julio de 2010 en la ciudad de Porto Alegre (capital del estado de Río Grande del Sur (Rio Grande do Sul).”
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“El 25 de marzo de 2010, en una entrega de viviendas del denominado “Programa de Aceleración del Crecimiento” (Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento, PAC), en la localidad paulista de Osasco (más precisamente situada en el Gran San Pablo).”
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2009· 4 entries
“Comparando los gobiernos de Fernando Henrique Cardoso y de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva en noviembre de 2009.”
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Rousseff entered in a serious clash with then Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, which defended the embargo on several construction sites, concerned with the ecological imbalance that they could cause
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“En una entrevista a Radiobrás el 29 de octubre de 2009, 12 días antes del apagón eléctrico que alcanzó a un 70% del territorio brasileño.”
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“Comparando governos FHC e Lula em novembro de 2009.”
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2008· 1 entry
The shipbuilding industry as a whole employed 40 thousand people, compared to 500 people in the mid-90s, in part because of the nationalization requirement
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chief of Staff of the Presidency Brazil (2007–2010).
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2005· 2 entries
Career landmark: Chief of Staff of the Presidency Brazil (2005–2006).
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In a political crisis triggered by the Mensalão corruption scandal, Rousseff became chief of staff and remained in that post until 31 March 2010, when she stepped down to run for president
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2003· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Mines and Energy (2003–2005).
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2002· 1 entry
Rousseff became an energy policy advisor to presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who on winning the election invited her to become his minister of energy
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2001· 1 entry
After an internal dispute in the Dutra cabinet, she left the PDT and joined the Workers' Party (PT)
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: state secretary of Rio Grande do Sul (1999–2002).
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1995· 1 entry
After the end of Collares' term, Rousseff departed from her political office and returned to the FEE, where she was the editor of the magazine Economic Indicators (Portuguese: Indicadores Econômicos)
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1993· 1 entry
Career landmark: state secretary of Rio Grande do Sul (1993–1994).
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1990· 1 entry
Alceu Collares was elected governor, appointing Rousseff as president of the FEE, where she had been an intern in the 1970s
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1989· 1 entry
However, Rousseff was appointed director-general of the city council, but was dismissed by councilman Valdir Fraga, president of the local legislature, after arriving late for work
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1987· 27 entries
“En su primera entrevista después de dejar la denominada Casa Civil del gobierno federal del Brasil.”
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“Puede tener juzgamiento político. No puede tener juzgamiento político que esté fundado en principios jurídicos. Y yo quiero decir eso con mucha tranquilidad, porque fui objeto de un juzgamiento político basado en una legislación [vigente] durante la dictadura.”
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“Al confirmar que ya se sentía discriminada por ser mujer.”
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“De su declaración ante una audiencia del Senado Federal del Brasil, respondiendo al senador José Agripino Maia.”
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“Reality has changed, and we changed with it. However, I never changed sides. I have always been on the side of justice, democracy and social equality.”
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“Dilma, sobre suposto dossiê montado na Casa Civil contra Fernando Henrique Cardoso e Ruth Cardoso.”
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“En respuesta al senadorAgripino Maia, quien había sugerido que, por haber mentido durante su interrogatorio cuando era presa política, también podría haber mentido en el Senado cuando éste estaba indagando el denominado informe de la Casa Civil.”
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“Em reposta ao senador José Agripino Maia, que sugeriu que, por ter mentido durante interrogatório quando era prisioneira política, poderia estar mentindo no Senado quando indagada sobre o caso do dossiê da Casa Civil.”
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“If today is Children's Day, yesterday I said that child... the children's day is mother's day, father's day and teachers' day, but is also the day of the animals. Whenever you look at a child, there is always a hidden figure, which is a dog behind, which is something very important.”
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“Dilma, sobre erro em seu currículo, que indicava um doutorado pela Unicamp.”
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“Sobre el supuesto informe montado en la Casa Civil contra Fernando Henrique Cardoso y su esposa Ruth Cardoso.”
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“Dilma, sobre o governo de Fernando Henrique Cardoso.”
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“Sobre un error en su currículo, que indicaba un supuesto doctorado otorgado por la Universidad Estatal de Campinas (Unicamp).”
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“Em entrevista à Radiobrás, 12 dias antes de pane elétrica que atingiu 70% do território brasileiro.”
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“Sobre el anterior gobierno de Fernando Henrique Cardoso.”
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“Sobre su visión de la realidad y la historia brasileña relativamente reciente.”
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“Numa entrega de moradias do Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC), em w:Osasco.”
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“O Serra que me desculpe, mas ele não foi só ministro da Saúde. Foi ministro do Planejamento. Planejou o quê?”
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“Rebatiendo el eslogan de campaña de su entonces adversario a la presidencia José Serra, el cual era O Brasil pode mais (“El Brasil puede más”).”
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“Em sua primeira entrevista depois de deixar a Casa Civil”
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“Estamos juntos para no dejar que nuestro país retroceda, en la lucha para no dejar que las fuerzas del atraso vuelvan, en la lucha para no dejar que aquellos que siempre gobernaron este país para los ricos vuelvan para excluir a los más pobres”
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“Rebatendo o slogan de José Serra - "O Brasil pode mais.”
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“Estamos juntos para não deixar que o nosso país retroceda, na luta para não deixar que as forças do atraso voltem, na luta para não deixar aqueles que sempre governaram esse país para os ricos voltem para excluir os mais pobres”
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“No, aprendí a ser justa, lo que es mucho más fuerte”
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“Sobre su contendiente socialdemócrata José Serra (PSDB) a la presidencia del Brasil.”
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“Rebatendo comparações de José Serra enquanto pré-candidata à Presidência”
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“Dilma, sobre sua visão de Brasil.”
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1986· 2 entries
Rousseff had an advising role
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Career landmark: municipal secretary of Porto Alegre (1986–1988).
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1978· 1 entry
Rousseff attended the Campinas State University, with the intention of receiving a master's degree in economics
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1977· 1 entry
This time not participating actively in the students' movement there
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1976· 1 entry
Rousseff and Araújo worked for the campaign of Glênio Peres, an MDB candidate for the city council
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1969· 1 entry
VAR Palmares allegedly planned the kidnapping of Antônio Delfim Netto, a symbol of the "Brazilian Miracle" and the most powerful civilian in the federal government at the time
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1968· 4 entries
Rousseff married journalist Cláudio Galeno de Magalhães Linhares, who introduced 20-year-old Rousseff to the underground resistance movement against the dictatorship
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Who taught Marxism to Rousseff in high school, she chose armed struggle after reading Revolution inside the Revolution by Régis Debray, a French intellectual who had moved to Cuba and become a friend of Fidel Castro and
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In 1968, Rousseff married journalist Cláudio Galeno de Magalhães Linhares, who introduced 20-year-old Rousseff to the underground resistance movement against the dictatorship.
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In a civil ceremony, after dating for one year
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1967· 1 entry
Joined Worker's Politics (Portuguese: Política Operária—POLOP), an organization founded in 1961 as a spinoff of the Brazilian Socialist Party
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1964· 1 entry
Rousseff left the conservative Colégio Sion and joined the Central State High School, a co-ed public school where the students often protested against the dictatorship that had been established after the 1964 Brazilian c
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1962· 1 entry
Had served in the Army, participating in the uprising of sailors against the military coup, for which he had been arrested in Ilha das Cobras
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1947· 1 entry
Born 1947-12-14.
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1924· 1 entry
Petar Rusev fled Bulgaria in 1929 to escape political persecution
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