The Democracies of Central and South American Countries

are setting an excellent example in electing talented, capable and socially conscious leaders. Brazilian people have chosen their first female President, Ms. ROuseff. Nicaragua had elected Ms. Violeta Chamorrow in the 1980s- the first female leader from Central America.

In a First, Brazil Elects a Woman as President - NYTimes.com: "Dilma Rousseff was elected the country’s first female president on Sunday, as Brazilians voted strongly in favor of continuing the economic and social policies of the popular president, Luiz In�cio Lula da Silva.

Ms. Rousseff, who served as Mr. da Silva’s chief of staff and energy minister, joins a growing wave of democratically elected female leaders in the region and the world in the past five years, including Michelle Bachelet in Chile, Cristina Fern�ndez de Kirchner in Argentina and Angela Merkel in Germany."