Although her personal approval rating is above 70 per cent, Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's new president, has struggled to emerge from the shadow of her wildly popular predecessor, Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva.
As the year turns, words of leading US economist could suggest yet more bleak times ahead: "Thank goodness emerging markets can carry the global economy."
Conflicting accounts gathered from a day in former Gaddafi stronghold Bani Walid reveals the tensions that simmer just below the surface of Libyan life.
Although her personal approval rating is above 70 per cent, Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's new president, has struggled to emerge from the shadow of her wildly popular predecessor, Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva.
As the year turns, words of leading US economist could suggest yet more bleak times ahead: "Thank goodness emerging markets can carry the global economy."
Conflicting accounts gathered from a day in former Gaddafi stronghold Bani Walid reveals the tensions that simmer just below the surface of Libyan life.