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...credentials set her apart from the other female heads of state in Latin America today: Chile's outgoing President, Michelle Bachelet, is a moderate socialist; Argentina's Cristina Fernández represents her Peronist Party's left wing; and the leading candidate in this year's Brazilian presidential election, Dilma Rousseff, hails from the leftist Workers Party. At the same time, Kaufman notes, Chinchilla follows a string of recent center-right presidential victors in the region, including Sebastián Piñera in Chile and Ricardo Martinelli in Panama, after a decade of leftward inertia. "Her election sends important...
...early to say if there will be any restrictions on him, but it is a yellow light for Dilma that makes it clear how dependent she is on Lula," political analyst João Augusto de Castro Neves said from the capital Brasilia. "Her team must be thinking, 'Uh-oh, we need a Plan B.' It is hard with Lula, it will be harder without him. She is banking on a transfer of votes." (See pictures of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Brazil...
...Early polls put Dilma in second place, behind Jose Serra, the São Paulo governor who has yet to formally declare his candidacy. A December Datafolha poll gives her 23%, against Serra's 37%. Still, that's a 7-point gain over her numbers from last August, which suggests she is on the right track. Still, she clearly has her work cut out to make herself known to voters, especially in poorer and more remote parts of the country. "She doesn't do well at rallies," Castro Neves said. "She is trying to change that, but with Lula alongside...
...Lula's health scare becomes all the more compelling given the questions hanging over Dilma's own health: The 62-year-old was diagnosed last year with early lymphoma, and spent several months undergoing chemotherapy. She battled through and has now declared herself free from the disease, but the episode raised obvious questions over her long-term health. (See the 50 best websites...
...Right now, Dilma's focus is on gaining momentum before April, when she must officially declare her candidacy. She'll need to visit the farthest corners of Brazil and get her face constantly on television and in the newspapers, something she has done diligently over the last year by sticking to Lula like a shadow. But it remains an open question whether she can build a critical mass of voter support without her charismatic mentor alongside...