Brazil’s Rousseff sworn into second four-year term

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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff was sworn into her second term on Thursday (January 1) vowing to rein in government spending to curb inflation and pull Latin America's largest economy out of a four-year slump.

A career bureaucrat who had never run for public office before becoming the first woman to ascend to Brazil's presidency in 2011, Rousseff spent the last four years juggling an economic downturn and high inflation.

She was narrowly re-elected in October after a divisive campaign that touted her record at reducing poverty and keeping unemployment near all-time lows.

"I was re-elected to continue to transform Brazil and to continue making the changes that you all desire. I promise I will make these changes," Rousseff declared as she was sworn in on Thursday, arriving at the Congress Buildings in a presidential Rolls Royce.

"I begin my second mandate with greater hope than when I took on the first. I take on this mand