Brazilian President Dilma Rosseff predicts that the country’s flagging economy will improve by the end of the year. She struck a deal with the Senate to seek a market-friendly agenda that could counter a rebellion in the lower house of Congress. Former President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva blames the United States for the crisis. It was international bankers who created the crisis, he said, underscoring the fact that since the Workers’ Party rose to power in 2003, over 30 million people have been lifted out of poverty, unemployment has fallen, and spending on education and health has tripled. teleSUR
