A busy first day for Brazil's new president

By Yana Marull | China Daily | Updated: 2011-01-04 08:10

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speaks during a meeting with Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sunday. Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil's first female president on Saturday. Eraldo Peres / Asspciated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's new President Dilma Rousseff held a flurry of talks with foreign envoys on Sunday during her first full day in office after succeeding her hugely popular predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.