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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/brazil-gets-first-woman-president.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A supporter wears a mask depicting Brazil's first woman president Dilma Rousseff" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-brazil-gets-first-woman-president.jpg" alt="A supporter wears a mask depicting Brazil's first woman president Dilma Rousseff"/></a></p>
<p>Dilma Rousseff has been sworn in as Brazil&#8217;s first female president, capping a rapid political trajectory for the career technocrat and former Marxist rebel who was imprisoned and tortured during the nation&#8217;s long military dictatorship.</p>
<p>The 63-year-old takes the helm of Latin America&#8217;s largest nation, which has risen both financially and politically on the world stage under outgoing leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.</p>
<p>Mr Silva leaves office as the nation&#8217;s most popular president with an approval rating that hit 87% in his last week in office. Ms Rousseff was his hand-picked successor.</p>
<p>Ms Rousseff, wearing a white skirt and matching jacket, took the oath of office alongside Vice President Michel Temer in the national Congress.</p>
<p>A heavy rain swept over Brazil&#8217;s capital, Brasilia, as she arrived at the Congress in a 1953 Rolls-Royce, waving out of the window to the thousands of cheering onlookers. Her security contingent comprised six young women, clad in black and running alongside the car through the downpour.</p>
<p>Ms Rousseff takes on the formidable task of maintaining Brazil&#8217;s momentum.</p>
<p>In the eight years under Mr Silva, Brazil sharply cut poverty while its economy boomed, and it has increased its political clout on the global stage.</p>
<p>Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup and is expected to be the world&#8217;s fifth-largest economy by the time the 2016 Olympics come to the nation.</p>
<p>Huge challenges also await Ms Rousseff, who served as Mr Silva&#8217;s energy minister before becoming his chief of staff, where her tough managerial manner earned her the moniker &#8220;Iron Lady&#8221;.</p>
<p>In addition to sweeping improvements Brazil needs in its infrastructure, security and education, she faces the challenge of following the charismatic Mr Silva, who leaves office with an 87% approval rating.</p>
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