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A new power to the south (Boston Globe, November 7, 2010)

WHEN BRAZILIAN voters ended a mostly sedate campaign by choosing Dilma Rousseff as their new president, it was the culmination of historic changes that the United States ought to welcome and encourage. Rousseff and her mentor, outgoing president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, have pushed for a healthy combination of free-market economics, benefits for the poor, and a genuine respect for democracy. This mix has left Brazil increasingly prosperous — an economic record that puts to shame Venezuela’s constitution-altering President Hugo Chavez.