Brazil’s main October presidential battle will take place in Sao Paulo

Thursday, July 17th 2014 - 05:24 UTC

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When opposition party Senator Aecio Neves officially kicked off his presidential campaign last week, he posted a video on Facebook calling for a “fairer, more efficient, and more generous Brazil”. However the word ‘efficient’ struck some as an odd rallying cry in a tropical country known for its, well, un-Swiss-like approach to time. Read full article

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Jack Bauer
“When the World Cup’s opening match was held in Sao Paulo last month, thousands of fans jeered and cursed Rousseff when video screens showed her image. The city was also the starting point for anti-government street protests. Rousseff’s allies blamed both incidents on voters who were richer than the national average, and tend to vote PSDB. But Sao Paulo has been hit hard by the economic troubles that have characterized Rousseff’s presidency”“.
Dilma can blame who she wants for the above mentioned incident at the opening match, and for the street protests against her government, but what has become quite clear, is that she cannot fool the ”richer”, better educated portion of the population, concentrated in Sao Paulo. Up in the northeast, it's the opposite, they love her....why ?? because that's where 99% of the government handouts are concentrated....as long as the beneficiaries of handouts are allowed to vote, this is no more, no less, that officializing the practise of buying votes.
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