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.
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Brazil: Unlikely Any President Would Have Done Better With the Economy
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
Valentin Schmid
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Valentin Schmid
Valentin Schmid
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Valentin Schmid is a former business editor for the Epoch Times. His areas of expertise include global macroeconomic trends and financial markets, China, and Bitcoin. Before joining the paper in 2012, he worked as a portfolio manager for BNP Paribas in Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Hong Kong.
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