From Guerrilla to Impeachment: the Dilma Rousseff Story
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Brazil’s Senate is debating whether Dilma Rousseff broke the country’s fiscal responsibility laws. The decision set for Wednesday will likely seal the political fate of one of the country’s most striking personalities: a former Marxist-guerrilla fighter of Bulgarian roots, who endured torture, helped found a political party, oversaw the oil giant Petrobras, survived cancer and became the first female president of Latin America’s largest nation.
The highs and the lows of her story in 11 pics.