Tag: Dilma Rousseff re-election

• Thursday, October 9th 2014 - 08:28 UTC

  Brazil's Socialist party announces support for Neves on 26 October runoff

  

  The political party that launched environmentalist Marina Silva's unsuccessful presidential bid has thrown its support behind pro-business candidate Aecio Neves for Brazil's Oct. 26 runoff vote against populist President Dilma Rousseff.

• Thursday, October 9th 2014 - 08:14 UTC

  A blow for Dilma: Brazil's September inflation at its highest in three years

  

  Brazil's annual inflation rate in September rose way above the official target to the highest in nearly three years, giving fresh ammunition to opposition candidate Aecio Neves in a run-off vote later this month against President Dilma Rousseff.

• Wednesday, October 8th 2014 - 08:38 UTC

  Brazilian pollsters missed percentages but 'confirmed tendencies'

  

  Although pollsters in Brazil got it right with President Dilma Rousseff victory and the growth tendency of runner up Aecio Neves in the last days leading to Sunday's presidential election, they failed dismally in percentage estimates.

• Tuesday, October 7th 2014 - 05:56 UTC

  Brazilian markets clearly support challenger Neves: Bovespa up 4.7%

  

  The Sao Paulo stock exchange soared 4.7% on Monday with the Bovespa index reaching 57.115 points following Sunday's presidential election when no candidate managed 50% of ballots, opening the way for a runoff between pro-business Aecio Neves and president Dilma Rousseff.

• Monday, October 6th 2014 - 21:17 UTC

  Dilma retained majority in Congress, theoretically, given the volatility of Brazilian parties

  

  The multi-party coalition that currently supports Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff lost ground in Sunday's election but will keep its majority in Congress following on the results released by the country' Superior Electoral Tribunal, TSE.

• Friday, October 3rd 2014 - 07:53 UTC

  Latest poll shows Dilma winning the run off with seven point margin

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has extended her lead over environmentalist Marina Silva ahead of Sunday's Oct. 5 presidential election and would win a likely second-round runoff, a new poll showed on Thursday.

• Tuesday, September 30th 2014 - 04:40 UTC

  Brazils' Bovespa and Real plunge as Dilma climbs in polls with less than a week to election

  

  Brazilian financial markets took a beating on Monday after polls showed President Dilma Rousseff pulling past challenger Marina Silva ahead of Sunday's election. The Brazilian currency closed at its weakest level since December 2008 while the benchmark Bovespa stock index notched its biggest one-day loss in over three years.

• Monday, September 29th 2014 - 09:16 UTC

  Rousseff pledges media regulation (but not content) if re-elected this week

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, seeking re-election next week, says she will pursue media regulation if she returns for a second term, seeking to boost pluralism without influencing editorial content, according to media reports.

• Saturday, September 27th 2014 - 09:08 UTC

  Relief for Dilma: unemployment rate in August remained at 5%

  

  Brazil's jobless rate rose in August to its highest in six months despite stronger job creation, adding to signs that the economic recession is eroding a robust labor market. The non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate stood at 5.0 percent in August, up from 4.9% in July, statistics agency IBGE announced.

• Saturday, September 27th 2014 - 06:17 UTC

  Lula da Silva the decisive campaign factor in Brazil's presidential election

  

  Dilma Rousseff has stopped her erosion in opinion polls as she seeks a second term as Brazil’s president, even reversing the trend with only days left before the election, greatly thanks to her predecessor and mentor Lula da Silva.