President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday said he intends to nominate Dilma Rousseff, a former Brazilian president herself, to lead the New Development Bank (NDB), more commonly known as the BRICS bank.
“If it is up to me, she will [preside over the bank],” he told CNN Brasil anchor Daniela Lima.
This was the first time a top-level government official had spoken openly about the plan to nominate Ms. Rousseff as NDB head. Over the last few weeks, the idea had widely circulated in the Brazilian press with the generous help of journalists willing to make room for…