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摘要

Blocked by term limits from running for president for the first time since 1989, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva joked in March that he would fill the electoral void by changing his name to Dilma Rousseff and putting that on the ballot instead. The strategy worked. Thanks to his endorsement, Ms Rousseff, his former chief of staff, won a run-off on October 31st to become Brazil's first female president, beating Jose Serra of the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy by 56% to 44%.