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Tag: Fernando Haddad

  • Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 15:31 UTC

    Lula's party expected to announce Haddad as the presidential candidate

    Lula and Haddad huddled together on Monday afternoon in his jail room and allegedly began to draw up the letter.

    Jailed former Brazilian president Lula da Silva is expected to allow his Workers Party to announce running mate Fernando Haddad as its candidate, following the latest ruling from the Supreme Court. Lula had hoped the Justices would agree to an appeal for more time to switch the head of the Workers Party (PT) ticket after Brazil’s top electoral court last week banned him from running due to a corruption conviction and gave him 10 days to remove his name.

  • Friday, September 7th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

    Lula will tell his followers next week to vote for Fernando Haddad

    Lula will ask his followers to vote for Haddad, sources said. The PT has until the end of Tuesday to register Haddad as its presidential candidate

    Brazil’s jailed former president Lula da Silva is preparing to give up his bid to run in next month’s presidential election, party sources said, after he lost two appeals at the Supreme Court on Thursday. That will remove the most popular candidate from October’s race and pave the way for Lula’s hand-chosen successor, Fernando Haddad, to become the Workers Party (PT) candidate.

  • Wednesday, September 5th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

    Lula's running vice president candidate charged with corruption

    Haddad, an ex mayor of Sao Paulo, will likely become PT’s presidential candidate within days as imprisoned Lula da Silva was barred from running. Photo: Reuters

    Sao Paulo state prosecutors in Brazil said on Tuesday they have charged the Workers Party (PT) vice presidential candidate Fernando Haddad with corruption, but any potential trial would not hinder his ability to run.

  • Wednesday, September 5th 2018 - 06:28 UTC

    Brazil's Real remained flat on Tuesday but the stock market was down 2%

    Stock markets across the region also suffered. Brazil's Bovespa dipped almost 2% as equities were lower in the consumption, financials and electric power sectors

    The Brazilian Real erased early losses on Tuesday after state prosecutors charged Workers Party vice presidential candidate Fernando Haddad with corruption, driving investors to pare bets on his electoral strength.

  • Tuesday, September 4th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

    Bye, Bye Lula

    The two terms president and most popular politician in Brazil, Lula da Silva, is currently jailed in Curitiba

    On Sunday, Brazil’s top electoral court ruled that “Lula”, former president Luiz Inácio da Silva, cannot run in the presidential election this October. He served two terms as president (2003-2011), he dutifully waited out the following two terms, and his Workers’ Party (PT) has nominated him for the presidency again.

  • Monday, September 3rd 2018 - 09:24 UTC

    Lula's party challenges Electoral Court ruling and keeps him as candidate

    “The people are sovereign regarding the party's candidate. And that candidate is Lula,” said Fernando Haddad, ex Sao Paulo mayor

    Brazil's Workers Party, PT, said on Saturday that it's sticking with former president Lula da Silva as its presidential candidate even though the electoral court has thrown him off the ballot for an election just five weeks away.

  • Friday, August 24th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

    Brazilian currency sliding to record lows ahead of October's election outcome

    Brazil's real was on track for a more than 5% slide for the week on Thursday, having sold off more than 24% in the year so far

    The Brazilian currency Real fell to a 31-month low versus the U.S. dollar on Thursday on jitters ahead of the country’s October election. Jitters across emerging markets caused by a stronger U.S. dollar and exacerbated by the unfolding currency crisis in Turkey already took a toll on the Brazilian unit before this week.

  • Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 09:06 UTC

    Opinion polls confirm Lula's popularity and rattles markets

    In a Datafolha poll Folha de S.Paulo and Globo TV, Lula easily led all contenders when his name was included, winning the support of 39% of those surveyed

    The popularity of imprisoned former Brazilian president Lula da Silva has grown strongly despite his corruption conviction, an election poll on Wednesday showed, a result that rattled markets and raised the possibility that Lula’s running mate could ultimately become the next occupant of the country’s presidential palace.

  • Thursday, June 7th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

    With Lula out of the presidential race, far-right candidate Bolsonaro is the clear frontrunner

    The former army captain Bolsonaro says he would include generals in his cabinet and allow police to shoot criminals dead if they are fired at.

    Far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is the clear frontrunner in Brazil’s election in October with up to 25% of voter support, followed by center-left populist Ciro Gomes with 12%, a new poll revealed on Tuesday.

  • Thursday, April 19th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

    Lula's party preparing Plan B: a united left front for October elections

    Lula has privately discussed the need for Haddad to start preparing to run, even while the party plans to stick to their founder’s candidacy.

    The most likely political heir to jailed former President Lula da Silva insists the leftist leader is still the Workers Party’s candidate for the October elections, but he is preparing to step into the role. Fernando Haddad told the Brazilian media that he was talking with other left-wing parties about forging a united leftist front for the elections if Lula is barred from running by a corruption conviction.