Alexei Barrionuevo New York Times

From the moment their political paths crossed, Dilma Rousseff began solving problems for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In late 2002, shortly before taking office, Mr. da Silva convened an urgent meeting of experts, including Ms. Rousseff, a little-known energy secretary from a southern state. Brazil was facing blackouts and rationing in one...

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 Inácio 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 leade...

José Ojeda can barely sleep without the comfort of a miner nearby to confide in when dreams shake him awake. Omar Reygadas, a great-grandfather more used to comforting than being comforted, cries easily. And Edison Peña, the miner who kept himself grounded by running miles underground most days, was hospitalized last week for emotional distress.I...

Family members of the 33 miners who were trapped for 69 days had said a special Mass on Sunday would be a chance for the miners to find closure and understanding. As one of them, Omar Reygadas, 56, left the service and walked with his family to the tent where they had lived while the men were trapped, cameramen and photographers surrounded him. His...

The lucky ones now have more than $10,000 in the bank and a free vacation in Greece awaiting them. But for the moment, many of the family members of the 33 miners trapped under the hard volcanic rock here for more than two months seemed content to remain at Camp Hope on Thursday, tending to their tents and sweeping away the desert dust from their m...

Each time the red, white and blue capsule rose smoothly out of the hole in the earth on Wednesday and another miner emerged safely, to applause and the waiting arms of his family, the scene replayed all around world with a joy that never seemed tired. (See Pics)By mid-afternoon here, the precarious operation to hoist to the surface 33 miners who we...

Dilma Rousseff was leading late Sunday in her bid to be Brazil's first female president, but election officials said she had failed to come up with enough votes to avoid a second round.With about 99.6 percent of the votes counted, Ms. Rousseff, the former chief of staff of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had 46.8 percent of the votes to 32.6 ...

From the moment their political paths crossed, Dilma Rousseff began solving problems for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In late 2002, shortly before taking office, Mr. da Silva convened an urgent meeting of experts, including Ms. Rousseff, a little-known energy secretary from a southern state. Brazil was facing blackouts and rationing in one...

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 Inácio 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 leade...

José Ojeda can barely sleep without the comfort of a miner nearby to confide in when dreams shake him awake. Omar Reygadas, a great-grandfather more used to comforting than being comforted, cries easily. And Edison Peña, the miner who kept himself grounded by running miles underground most days, was hospitalized last week for emotional distress.I...

Family members of the 33 miners who were trapped for 69 days had said a special Mass on Sunday would be a chance for the miners to find closure and understanding. As one of them, Omar Reygadas, 56, left the service and walked with his family to the tent where they had lived while the men were trapped, cameramen and photographers surrounded him. His...

The lucky ones now have more than $10,000 in the bank and a free vacation in Greece awaiting them. But for the moment, many of the family members of the 33 miners trapped under the hard volcanic rock here for more than two months seemed content to remain at Camp Hope on Thursday, tending to their tents and sweeping away the desert dust from their m...

Each time the red, white and blue capsule rose smoothly out of the hole in the earth on Wednesday and another miner emerged safely, to applause and the waiting arms of his family, the scene replayed all around world with a joy that never seemed tired. (See Pics)By mid-afternoon here, the precarious operation to hoist to the surface 33 miners who we...

Dilma Rousseff was leading late Sunday in her bid to be Brazil's first female president, but election officials said she had failed to come up with enough votes to avoid a second round.With about 99.6 percent of the votes counted, Ms. Rousseff, the former chief of staff of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had 46.8 percent of the votes to 32.6 ...