President Fernando Henrique Cardoso gestures to the media at the entrance to his Alvorada Palace off.....
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso gestures to the media at the entrance to his Alvorada Palace official residence in Brasilia December 31, on the eve of his inauguration. Cardoso will take the oath of office in the Lower House of Congress on January 1, becoming the nation's first leader ever to be re-elected.