Tag: Eduardo Campos

• Monday, October 7th 2013 - 14:27 UTC

  Powerful alliance (ecologists and business) emerges to challenge Rousseff

  

  Environmentalist Marina Silva announced that she will not run for the Brazilian presidency in the 2014 polls, and instead will back Eduardo Campos, who will be the nominee for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB).

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 21:23 UTC

  Brazilian presidential hopeful steps down from Rousseff’s coalition

  

  Eduardo Campos, one of Brazil's most popular state governors, came one step closer to a presidential bid this week when his party withdrew from President Dilma Rousseff's seventeen parties’ coalition government. The Brazilian Socialist Party decided to pull its two ministers from Rousseff's cabinet to give Campos freedom to run in elections in October 2014.

• Monday, February 25th 2013 - 06:57 UTC

  Brazilian 2014 presidential campaign takes off with Rousseff bidding re-election

  

  Brazil's 2014 election season got off last week with the unofficial launch of President Dilma Rousseff's re-election campaign by her mentor and predecessor Lula da Silva during the celebration of the ruling Workers Party tenth year in power.