11/01/2010

Photostream : Dilma Rousseff wins election for Brazil's president


Dilma Rousseff (C), presidential candidate for the ruling Workers Party (PT) flashes the vicory sign at a polling station in Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on October 31, 2010. Ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff looked poised to sweep to victory in Brazil's presidential election Sunday, as voters rallied to her pledge to continue the policies of her mentor, popular outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. AFP PHOTO/Jefferson BERNARDES (Photo by JEFFERSON BERNARDES/AFP/Getty Images)

Brazilian presidential candidate for the ruling Workers Party (PT) Dilma Rousseff, gives the thumbs up at a polling station in Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on October 31, 2010. Rousseff has become the first female President of Brazil, after early results showed her receiving 55% of votes against 44% received by her rival, candidate for the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB), Jose Serra. AFP PHOTO/Jefferson BERNARDES (Photo by JEFFERSON BERNARDES/AFP/Getty Images)

Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers Party, center, speaks to supporters after winning the election runoff in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010. Governing party candidate Dilma Rousseff was elected Brazil's president, becoming the nation's first female leader, and will take office Jan. 1. (Getty Images / AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil's presidential-elect Dilma Rousseff gestures during a speech in Brasilia October 31, 2010. Former guerrilla leader Rousseff won Brazil's presidential election in resounding fashion on Sunday after promising to stick to policies that have lifted millions from poverty and made Brazil one of the world's hottest economies. (Getty Images / REUTERS / Bruno Domingos )

Supporters of presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff celebrate her winning the election runoff in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010. Governing party candidate Dilma Rousseff was elected Brazil's president, becoming the nation's first female leader, and will take office Jan. 1. (Getty Images / AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

People celebrate the result of Brazil's presidential election won by Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party, in Brasilia October 31, 2010. (Getty Images / REUTERS / Ricardo Moraes )

People celebrate the result of Brazil's presidential election that elected Workers' Party's Dilma Rousseff as Brazil's new president in Sao Paulo October 31, 2010. Rousseff won Brazil's presidential election in resounding fashion on Sunday after promising to stick to policies that have lifted millions from poverty and made Brazil one of the world's hottest economies. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker )