Lula da Silva calls for unity and warns followers about the “Piñera factor”

Saturday, January 23rd 2010 - 15:52 UTC

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Brazilian president Lula da Silva called on his followers not to repeat what happened in Chile where the centre-left coalition lost the recent presidential election to the conservatives for having run with two candidates. Read full article

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WBB
Lula is overreacting, for domestic purposes. Without Enríquez Ominami in the race, Piñera would have clobbered Frei in the first round.
Jan 24th, 2010 - 10:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Nicholas
Lula overreacts, because he knows that his candidate is going to lose. I'll bet a social conservative will win.
Jan 25th, 2010 - 03:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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WBB
Even if Lula's candidate does lose, it won't make all that much difference - just as Piñera's victory over the feckless Frei won't make much difference in Chile.
Jan 25th, 2010 - 04:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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