Brazil's Dilma Rousseff sworn in for a second term

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been sworn-in for a second term.

Ms Rousseff, 67, has vowed to extend social welfare programmes that have lifted millions out of poverty.

She said never have so many people entered the middle class, never have so many Brazilians had so much access to education, Ms Rousseff, a left-wing economist who was arrested and tortured under military rule, was re-elected by a narrow margin in a run-off vote.

But her government is facing a major corruption scandal involving state-run oil company Petrobras.

Thousands of her supporters turned up for the swearing-in ceremony in the capital, Brasilia.

Ms Rousseff's Workers' Party (PT) has been in power since 2003.

BBC