Brazilian Lula tips Dilma Rousseff as his Presidential candidate

Caracas, Venezuela, 10 October 2008.According to Telesur, Brazilian President Lula da Silva has decided to back his Cabinet Chief,  Dilma Rousseff, as his preferred candidate for the presidential elections in 2010. This backing decision needs the endorsement of the Brazilian Workers Party before been official.  Another presidential hopeful and Major of Sao Paulo, Marta Suplicy, did not count with Lula´s favouring touch. 60 year old Dilma Rousseff is an economist turned politician after performing as  guerrilla fighter against the military dictatorship in the mid 1960s . She was appointed Energy Minister by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula) in his first cabinet in 2003. On June 15, 2005 she was appointed Lula's Chief of Staff.

Sources: Telesur