From the Rio Times Online:

Rousseff Works for Wealth Equality: Daily

By Esmee Verbeek, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – At a meeting for the Brazilian federal government’s program “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” (My House, My Life) yesterday, President Dilma Rousseff proclaimed that, in contrary to many “developed” countries, Brazil’s income equality is improving. The president said “Brazil is [going] counter-current, sees the importance of quality of life of its population, and therefore, I am sure that this country is going to make a leap to more.”

President Rousseff at the Minha Casa, Minha Vida meeting yesterday in Brasília, photo by Antônio Vruz/ABr.

President Rousseff made these comments after returning from her visit to the U.S., where she discussed issues regarding the international economic crisis, the Rio+20 Conference, and the new student exchange program. (