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Montevideo, May 3rd 2024 - 09:48 UTC

Tag: Beto Albuquerque

  • Thursday, August 21st 2014 - 06:46 UTC

    Environmentalist Marina presidential candidate but with a pro-agribusiness in the ticket

    Silva, a rubber tapper in her youth who was illiterate until adolescence, appeals mostly to young voters disgusted with Brazil's political establishment.

    Environmentalist Marina Silva officially has launched a bid for president, upending Brazil's October 5 elections and threatening the ruling Workers' Party's 12-year hold on power. So far a vice-presidential candidate for the Brazilian Socialist Party, Marina accepted the nomination to top the ticket after candidate Eduardo Campos, a former governor and rising political star, was killed in a plane crash last week.