Brazil's Rousseff tells paper she is uncowed by opposition calls to quit

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff arrives to tour the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Facility at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told newspaper Folha de S. Paulo in an interview published Tuesday that she plans to finish her term and continue with efforts to narrow the budget deficit in spite of growing calls among opponents for her resignation.

When asked repeatedly by Folha reporters about heightening pressure for her to step down amid revelations that members of her ruling coalition received bribes from state contractors in recent years, Rousseff said she would not back down and was uncowed by calls for her resignation.