Tag: Ciro Gomes

Tuesday, September 25th 2018 - 07:31 UTC
Brazil:Haddad closer to Bolsonaro and would beat him in the runoff, according to latest polls

Fernando Haddad, the presidential candidate for Brazil’s Workers Party (PT), is closing the gap with poll-leading far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro for the October 7 first-round vote and would beat him in a runoff, a survey released on Monday showed.
Add your comment!
Wednesday, September 19th 2018 - 09:06 UTC
Haddad pledges no pardon for imprisoned Lula da Silva, if he is elected president

Brazil's leftist presidential candidate Fernando Haddad on Tuesday ruled out pardoning the jailed former head of state and his own party's iconic leader Lula da Silva should he triumph in October's elections.
3 comments
Thursday, September 13th 2018 - 10:10 UTC
Ciro Gomes pledges to de-concentrate Brazil's banks, and to help 63 million listed as delinquent debtors

Center-left populist presidential candidate Ciro Gomes vowed on Wednesday to reduce concentration in Brazil's banking sector if elected in October, warning that he would open the sector up to more foreign competition if necessary.
Thursday, September 13th 2018 - 08:36 UTC
Ciro Gomes pledges to de-concentrate Brazil's banks, and to help 63 million listed as delinquent debtors

Center-left populist presidential candidate Ciro Gomes vowed on Wednesday to reduce concentration in Brazil's banking sector if elected in October, warning that he would open the sector up to more foreign competition if necessary.
Thursday, September 13th 2018 - 06:30 UTC
Bolsonaro leads Brazilian presidential competition with 26% vote intention, according to Ibope

Pollster Ibope released on Tuesday its latest vote intention survey for the different Brazilian candidates who will be disputing the first round of the presidential election next October 7, and they proved to be quite similar to those made public a day before by another significant pollster Datafolha.
Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:10 UTC
Brazilian election increasingly polarized: Lula's support increases and so does far right Bolsonaro

Jailed former president Lula da Silva has increased his support by five percentage points and would win Brazil's October presidential election if he was allowed to run, a poll by CNT/MDA showed on Monday. The survey, which was last taken in May, found that almost half of the leftist leader's supporters would transfer their votes to his running mate Fernando Haddad if Lula is disqualified from Brazil's most uncertain race in decades.
Monday, June 25th 2018 - 07:24 UTC
Over half of Brazilian electorate rejects all presidential candidates, opinion poll shows

An XP Investimentos survey in partnership with the Institute of Social, Political and Economic Research (Ipespe) shows the Brazilian pre-candidates Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro, tied for first place with 13% of voting intentions each, followed by Ciro Gomes and Geraldo Alckmin, with 2% each.
Saturday, June 16th 2018 - 11:18 UTC
Brazil's industries lobby, FIESP, ready to join a presidential ticket

Brazilian presidential candidate Ciro Gomes has sounded out steelmaking tycoon Benjamin Steinbruch as a possible vice presidential running mate in October and allegedly he would join the ticket if invited.
Wednesday, May 9th 2018 - 08:44 UTC
Brazilian ex chief Justice will not run for the presidency in October

Joaquim Barbosa, a former chief justice on Brazil's Supreme Court with anti-corruption credentials, said on Tuesday he would not run for the presidency in October, despite a growing clamor for his candidacy. Barbosa, the first and only black member of the high court, had in recent weeks positioned himself as a potential center-left candidate. He was attractive to many because of his clean image and background as a judge who battled corruption.
Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 09:20 UTC
Brazil's speaker of the Lower House also wants to run for the presidency

The speaker of Brazil’s lower house of Congress, Rodrigo Maia, said he will run for the presidency with a market-friendly platform advocating tax cuts and more efficient public spending. Maia’s preliminary nomination by his centre-right Democrats party, the main ally to President Michel Temer, must be formalized at a convention in late July.