Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Ruth Vilaça Correia Leite Cardoso was a Brazilian anthropologist and a former member of the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences at the University of Sao Paulo . She was the wife of 34th President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and First Lady of her country between January... 1, 1995 to January 1, 2003. She held a Ph.D in anthropology from the University of Sao Paulo. As professor and researcher Cardoso taught at the Latin American College of Social Sciences , University of Chile , Maison des Sciences de L'Homme , University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University . She was an associate member of the Center for Latin American Studies of the University of Cambridge. With her husband, the sociologist and former president of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso, she founded and later directed the research institute Cebrap , which continues to be a leading site of social science research in Brazil. Dr.
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