Dilma Rousseff Quotes
I am proud to have lied. Lying under torture is not easy. In the face of torture, a person with dignity lies. Enduring torture is very difficult ... The pain is unbearable; you can not imagine how. I am proud to have lied, because I saved my comrades from the same torture and from death.
The accusation backfired. She was regarded by the people as a patriot and heroine.
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil. President of Brazil (Workers’ Party), Senate Speech responding to Senator José Agripino Maia who had revealed that she had lied when the Military Dictatorship controlled Brazil
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Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She was the first woman to hold the Brazilian presidency and had previously served as Chief of Staff to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010.
