Coming down to earth ! ( be realistic)
AS SHE steps into Brazil’s presidency on January 1st, Dilma Rousseff can be cautiously pleased with herself. In choosing her 37 ministers she has made a reasonable job of satisfying the competing demands of her party and coalition, regional and ideological blocks and her own desire for a third of them to be women (she managed nine). In making Antônio Palocci, a former finance minister, her chief of staff she showed self-confidence: some thought she would balk at putting such a powerful political figure in a central role.
In the run-up to her inauguration, Ms Rousseff also received pointed reminders of the difficulties ahead. In a statesmanlike victory speech on October 31st she stressed that her priorities over the next four years were to eliminate extreme poverty and improve the quality of health care and education while maintaining economic stability and low inflation.
For more read on THE ECONOMIST
http://www.economist.com/node/17797502?story_id=17797502&CFID=152848612&CFTOKEN=97794663
Read and watch the video on EURONEWS: http://www.euronews.net/2011/01/02/brazil-s-foreign-policy-challenges-grow-with-economy/
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