Brazil: Marina Silva still unconfirmed, rattles chances of Rousseff and Neves

Monday, August 18th 2014 - 07:30 UTC

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The Brazilian Socialist Party plans to launch environmentalist Marina Silva as its presidential candidate this week, replacing party leader Eduardo Campos who was killed in a plane clash, a senior party official said over the weekend. Read full article

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cornelius
It sounds like there is no hope for brazil another welfare socialist queen.
Aug 18th, 2014 - 03:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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313toBioBio
Giving up on figuring out who benefitted from Campos family and friends' tragedy. What I do know is that Kirchnerism is also Chile's and Brazil's cement shoes...wall street can ignore it all it wants. Say goodbye to the Brazilian tourists that fill Miami and NYC shops even today when the Real is confetti.
Aug 18th, 2014 - 06:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
Will she stop the mass destruction of the Amazon jungle...
Aug 18th, 2014 - 06:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
I don't think Marina Silva can deliver all what Brazil needs at the moment, but she is definitely a better - or a less worse - option that fat ass Dilma.
Just to see the PT get kicked out, will be well worth it.
Aug 18th, 2014 - 09:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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313toBioBio
Brazil can improve productivity and standards of living if she cracks heads like 3 Pinochets.
Aug 18th, 2014 - 09:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
Under the PT, Brazil has gone so far down the drain, that even a minimally serious government (under the opposition, be it Marina or Aécio) will show positive results.
Aug 19th, 2014 - 04:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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