55 years ago today, Dilma Rousseff, a member of the Brazilian guerrilla movement against the military government, was arrested. In 2011 she became the first woman to be president of Brazil.

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55 years ago today, Dilma Rousseff, a member of the Brazilian guerrilla movement against the military government, was arrested. In 2011 she became the first woman to be president of Brazil.

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She was labelled the “Joan of Arc” of the movement when she was arrested in 1970

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