We cannot rest while Brazilians are going hungry, while families are living in the streets, while poor children are abandoned to their own fates and … - Dilma Rousseff
" "We cannot rest while Brazilians are going hungry, while families are living in the streets, while poor children are abandoned to their own fates and while crack and crack dens rule.
About Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (born December 14, 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician of Bulgarian origin who served as the 36th President of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment in 2016. In the 1970s, she was a member of a left-wing guerrilla that fought against the military dictatorship in Brazil. Rousseff is a member of the Worker's Party and the Chief of Staff of Brazil since 2005, when she became the first female to hold that office. At her election on October 31, 2010, she became the first female President of Brazil.
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Any comparison between the military dictatorship and democracy can only come from those who do not value the Brazilian democracy. (...) I am proud to have lied. Lying under torture is not easy. In the face of torture, a person with dignity lies. Enduring torture is very difficult (...) The pain is unbearable; you can not imagine how. I am proud to have lied, because I saved my comrades from the same torture and from death.