Tag: General elections

• Tuesday, September 7th 2010 - 05:59 UTC

  Landslide Bulgarian vote for Dilma Rousseff president of Brazil

  

  Bulgaria has been trapped by a “Dilma fever” given the almost certain victory of the Brazilian ruling party’s presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff whose family came from Bulgaria.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 02:48 UTC

  Lifting Mercosur out of its “institutional paralysis”, Rousseff’s main challenge

  

  Consolidating South American integration would be the main foreign policy priority of the Brazilian ruling party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff if public opinion polls are confirmed at the ballot box next October 3 and she emerges as the successor of Lula da Silva.

• Monday, August 30th 2010 - 07:03 UTC

  Serra in disarray “campaigns” for Lula da Silva’s protégé Dilma

  

  While the Brazilian ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff consolidates her lead in opinion polls and is almost certain to win in the first round October 3, her main rival Jose Serra’s campaign seems to have fallen in disarray.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 07:54 UTC

  Dilma Rousseff forecasted to take “bold actions” including budget cuts

  

  As public opinion polls confirm the growing commanding gap between Brazil’s ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff and her main contender Jose Serra, analysts have begun to ponder on her policies.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2010 - 03:25 UTC

  Big business convinced Ms Rousseff is Brazil’s next president

  

  Campaign funds in support of the Brazilian ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff more than double those of her main adversary, according to a report published Monday by Folha de Sao Paulo.

• Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 04:02 UTC

  Brazilian comedians protest ban on ridiculing political candidates

  

  A group of Brazilian stand-up comedians and television comedy actors held a protest against the ruling that bars any ribbing of political candidates over the airwaves in the run-up to the October 3 elections.

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 06:11 UTC

  First on-line presidential hopefuls debate attracts 50 million Brazilians

  

  Three major candidates for the Brazilian presidency joined the first online debate Wednesday, which was followed by an estimated 50 million people and less than two months before ballot day, October 3.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2010 - 09:33 UTC

  Poll confirms Brazilian incumbent presidential candidate Rousseff 11 points lead

  

  Brazilian presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff has an 11 percentage point lead over former Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra before the country’s October elections, according to an Ibope poll published by TV Globo network and O Estado do Sao Paulo newspaper.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2010 - 09:26 UTC

  Cristina has better image, but husband Nestor, “next presidential candidate”

  

  Argentine president Cristina Kirchner has a better image but most interviews believe her husband Nestor Kirchner will finally be the incumbent presidential candidate in 2011, according to a public opinion poll undertaken by Poliarquía for Buenos Aires daily La Nación.

• Monday, August 16th 2010 - 04:35 UTC

  Ms Rousseff strongly supports national capital in Brazilian airlines

  

  Brazilian incumbent presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff strongly supported Brazilian majority participation in airlines although admitted not having been in touch with last week’s announcement of a merge between Lan Chile and Tam Brazil to become the largest Latinamerican air carrier.