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Dilma Rousseff, the favourite (just) to win Brazil's presidential election on 3 October, couldn't be more different from her political mentor, the popular President Lula. The 62-year-old economist, former minister of energy and cabinet chief has never faced an election before, which is evidenced by her lack of charisma or oratory skills. Her long, bureaucratic sentences annoy even her advisers.
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