Dilma Rousseff
Economist Dilma Rousseff, a former President of Brazil, shared her expertise at Freie Universität.
Nov 16, 2017
Economist Dilma Rousseff was the President of Brazil for five years.
Image Credit: Leonie Schlick
Sérgio Costa, a professor at Freie Universität Berlin, moderated a discussion between Dilma Rousseff (left) and Herta Däubler-Gmelin (right), a former German Federal Minister of Justice.
Image Credit: Leonie Schlick
On November 14, 2017, in an event organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Freie Universität's Institute for Latin American Studies, former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and former German Federal Minister of Justice Herta Däubler-Gmelin discussed the issue of whether Brazil's judiciary is politicized.
Professor Barbara Fritz from the Center for Brazil Studies, Freie Universität, gave a brief introduction, providing background information about the subject. The discussion itself was moderated by Sérgio Costa, a professor of sociology at the Institute for Latin American Studies.
Dilma Rousseff was greeted extremely enthusiastically. Following the discussion, members of the audience had an opportunity to pose questions.