'Dilma Bolada' conquers social media.
While the president remains offline, a virtual parody of Dilma Rousseff surpasses 169 fans on Facebook and 84 followers on Twitter, winning the "Oscar" for fake Twitter profile.
247 – President Dilma Rousseff's stern and firm manner was the inspiration for Jeferson Monteiro, from Rio de Janeiro, to create one of the most accessed – and why not one of the most amusing – fake profiles on social media, "Dilma Bolada".
Monteiro, a business administration student, says it all started with the lack of agreement between the federal government and professors at federal universities, shortly after the president announced she was leaving the microblog. For him, this left a gap that could be filled in a lighthearted and informal way.
In Rio de Janeiro slang, the term "bolado" is used to describe a suspicious person. In the profile, he describes the president as: "I'm beautiful, I'm a diva, I'm President. I'm Dilma!" And, in a humorous way, he explains that it's a fake profile. "I'm a satire, if you don't know what a satire is, get in line for the Bolsa Escola program!"
But some unsuspecting people still use the profile as a source for articles. On the day of Obama's re-election, Dilma Bolada said on Twitter that she was on the phone with the American president. After a Spanish journalist announced the news as true, Monteiro had to explain the joke.
In May 2012, the parody was one of the winners of the "Shorty Awards" for best fake microblog profile.
On her profile, the character Dilma Bolada makes comments ranging from political issues of her government; relationships with other presidents, such as the American Barack Obama, whom she calls "cute"; soccer games and even soap opera chapters.
Among the successful comments: “I’m going to have the Central Bank reprint all the new banknotes with my picture on them,” “God Save Dilma,” or “I’m already at work. I entered through the secret emergency passage of my office so I wouldn’t have to keep saying good morning to these annoying people.”