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Too Cool - Brazil has made History by Electing a Woman for President

post #1 of 14
11/1/10 at 7:30pm
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We have a woman for President in Brasil - never in a million years I saw that coming!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/wo...1&ref=americas
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post #2 of 14
11/1/10 at 7:47pm
That's awesome! The US has a black President, Brazil has a woman President, Australia has a woman Prime Minister... There's finally starting to get some equality!
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post #3 of 14
11/2/10 at 3:45am
Sooner or later a female head of state/government will become so normal that this type of reporting won't be necessary.
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post #4 of 14
11/2/10 at 4:38am
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Sooner or later a female head of state/government will become so normal that this type of reporting won't be necessary.
It usually isn't reported on. There are and have been several, but what happens election wise in say an African country, doesn't get that much attention.
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post #5 of 14
11/2/10 at 4:42am
Just to name 3, Israel, India, and Germany beat us to the punch, too.
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post #6 of 14
11/2/10 at 4:47am
^So has Pakistan, surprisingly.
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post #7 of 14
11/2/10 at 4:57am
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^So has Pakistan, surprisingly.
Yes. And India's and Pakistan's met the same fate, right?
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post #8 of 14
11/2/10 at 4:57am
Wow, that is very progressive of them!
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post #9 of 14
11/2/10 at 5:12am
Way cool!
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post #10 of 14
11/2/10 at 6:31am
Go Brazil!
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post #11 of 14
11/2/10 at 7:08am
Ohh I was wondering whether or not she would win, and hoping that she would!!! I had heard about her because she is of Bulgarian ancestry although her politics are way left, aren't they??? I think I read she was a Marxist ???
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post #12 of 14
11/2/10 at 7:33am
Good for her, that's wonderful!
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post #13 of 14
11/2/10 at 8:40am
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Ohh I was wondering whether or not she would win, and hoping that she would!!! I had heard about her because she is of Bulgarian ancestry although her politics are way left, aren't they??? I think I read she was a Marxist ???
I wouldn't say way left... She is a leftist... As it is the current govenment, the one which under Brazil has had the biggest growth in latest history. During the extremist right wing dictatorship in the 60-70s, she was imprisoned and tortured, as many who were against the government at the time.
She is from the same party as Lula, the current president, who is leaving the presidency with 78% approval rating after 8 years mandate. I am very happy, and actually surprised she won... Brasil has a history of being quite "machista"
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post #14 of 14
11/2/10 at 10:52am
That is great!
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