Brazil: Unlikely Any President Would Have Done Better With the Economy
Normally I would not go out of my way to defend a former Marxist guerilla fighter. However, among all the bashing Brazil’s re-elected President Dilma Rousseff is getting, it has to be said other mainstream candidates would not have done any better.

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff celebrates her victory at a hotel in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. Official results showed Sunday that President Rousseff defeated opposition candidate Aecio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, and was re-elected Brazil's president. AP Photo/Eraldo Peres

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