Brazil now has a larger total GDP than the UK and has something other nations look for in vain: sustained leadership Brazil, which hosts the Earth summit this month and a World Cup and an Olympics in the next four years, has been enjoying something for which you would look for in vain across much of the world: sustained leadership. First came Cardoso, the sociologist-statesman who brought the economy under control. Next was Lula, the best reincarnation yet of Franklin Roosevelt. Emerging from his shadow as a pragmatic reformer with edge is the current president, Dilma Rousseff

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