Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speaks during an inauguration ceremony for new ministers at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff on Monday picked a co-founder of her leftist Workers' Party to oversee the Cabinet as Brazil gears up for October general elections, in which she's expected to run for a second term.
She swore in Aloizio Mercadante as chief of staff, the lead Cabinet post, succeeding Gleisi Hoffmann who plans to run for governor of the state of Parana.
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