Brazil president defends threatened journalist

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is issuing a defense of a Brazilian journalist who says she has received rape threats after launching a campaign against rape on her Facebook page.

Rousseff sent a Twitter post Monday saying that journalist “Nana Queiroz deserves all my solidarity and respect.” She adds that “No woman deserves to be a victim of violence, whether it be physical or in the form of intimidation.”