Tag: Ciro Gomes

Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:40 UTC
Tebet will vote to Lula and together with Cardoso and Gomes hit Bolsonaro's calculations

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva will be endorsed by Sunday's third-place finisher Simone Tebet of the Movement of Brazilian Democracy (MDB) for Oct. 30's runoff against the incumbent Jait Bolsonaro, it was announced Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 11:47 UTC
Brazil: Ciro Gomes' party to vote for Lula in runoff

Brazil's Democratic Workers' Party (PDT), whose presidential candidate Ciro Gomes ended up fourth with 3% of the votes last Sunday, announced Tuesday that it will be supporting former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the Oct. 30 runoff.
Friday, August 23rd 2019 - 09:28 UTC
Ex minister calls Bolsonaro “corrupt and liar”, and warns of EU boycotts to Brazilian exports

A Brazilian former minister and presidential candidate in the last election, called president Jair Bolsonaro, “corrupt, despicable, dishonest and irresponsible” during a conference on Thursday at the Minas Gerais Federal University.
Monday, October 1st 2018 - 08:55 UTC
Bolsonaro and Haddad technical tied in Brazilian presidential race according to latest poll

The latest public opinion released in Brazil on Sunday, a week ahead of the 7 October presidential election first round shows the two leading candidates virtually in technical ties.
Saturday, September 29th 2018 - 12:36 UTC
Haddad could defeat Bolsonaro in Brazil's runoff vote, according to latest poll

Brazil’s Workers Party candidate, Fernando Haddad, would defeat far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in an expected runoff vote in next month’s election, a Datafolha poll showed on Friday. In a simulated runoff vote, the poll found Haddad would get 45% voter support, beating Bolsonaro with 39%, with the rest of those asked saying they were undecided or would annul their ballot. Voting is compulsory in Brazil.
Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 09:15 UTC
Ciro Gomes leaves hospital following minor prostate surgery

Brazil presidential election candidate Ciro Gomes left hospital in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, a day after undergoing surgery on his prostate. Currently running third in opinion polls ahead of the October 7 election first round, 60-year-old Gomes underwent a minimally invasive procedure that involved the “cauterization of blood vessels,” his center-left PDT party said in a statement.
Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
Latest poll in Brazil shows extreme right Bolsonaro losing ground

Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has only a six-point lead over surging Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad, and would lose a second-round runoff against him next month, a new opinion poll showed on Wednesday. However both leading candidates lost one percentage point over last week's poll and only Ciro Gomes climbed from 11% to 12%
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.
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.
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.