Three Lat Am Presidents Among Forbes List Of 25 Most Powerful Women
Three Lat Am Presidents Among Forbes List Of 25 Most Powerful Women
BRASILIA, May 29 (BERNAMA-NNN-MERCOPRESS) -- Brazil, Argentina and Chile presidents figure among the list of the 25 most powerful women in the world according to the latest release from Forbes.
Dilma Rousseff ranks in fourth place, Cristina Fernandez 19 and Michele Bachelet, 25. Only nine heads of state figure in the 100 names list.
Forbes describes Rousseff as one of the world's most powerful heads of state, and more than halfway through her term as president of Brazil, the world's seventh-largest national economy with a GDP of nearly $2.4 trillion.
Brazil is hosting the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016. Rousseff criticized the US for spying during her opening speech at the UN General Assembly this fall and cancelled a state visit over reports that the National Security Agency was intercepting her emails, adds the brief description.
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