Tag: General elections

• Wednesday, August 4th 2010 - 22:00 UTC

  Brazil ready for first television clash between Dilma Rousseff and Serra

  

  Brazil’s main presidential candidates will be holding their first televised debate Thursday evening less than two months to voting day October 3. The debate has been organized by Bandeirantes Television and will also include two other candidates with lesser chance, so all eyes will be set on incumbent Dilma Rousseff and opposition leader Jose Serra

• Wednesday, August 4th 2010 - 02:42 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s double challenge as Mercosur chair

  

  Consolidating Mercosur as an “undisputed irreversible” integrated block will be Brazilian president Lula da Silva challenge as the pro-tempore chair of the group in the last leg of his eight years in office.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:51 UTC

  Brazil’s incumbent presidential candidate takes the lead over main rival

  

  Brazil's ruling Workers' Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, has a five percentage-point lead over her main rival Jose Serra, according to the latest opinion poll released Friday.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:05 UTC

  Lula da Silva will continue to openly support Dilma’s presidential campaign

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva who insists in campaigning for the incumbent presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, in spite of electoral regulations, revealed that the country’s ‘coup elite’ tried to remove him from office.

• Monday, July 26th 2010 - 05:36 UTC

  Both Kirchners, Nestor and Cristina want to run in the 2011 presidential election

  

  Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner added more fuel to speculations about next year’s presidential election when he insinuated that both members of the most powerful couple in Argentina could be running.

• Sunday, July 18th 2010 - 23:59 UTC

  Lula da Silva anticipates Ms Rousseff will be better than any man president

  

  President Lula da Silva said a woman can rule Brazil country much better than all the men that have been presidents in the country in the last 500 years.

• Friday, July 16th 2010 - 03:29 UTC

  First Brazilian presidential candidates’ debate will be on internet

  

  The first debate between Brazilian presidential candidates will be done exclusively for Internet, with the backup organization of the country’s four most important portals which make up an estimated 95% of internet users.

• Friday, July 9th 2010 - 04:38 UTC

  Radical wing of Brazil’s ruling party exposes weakness of presidential candidate

  

  Brazilian opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra strongly questioned the ‘radical’ positions of hopeful Dilma Rousseff, from the ruling Workers Party, who after publishing and signing her government program in internet was forced, just a few hours later, to make important rectifications.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2010 - 07:16 UTC

  The toughest Brazilian presidential campaign in decades takes off

  

  Brazil officially launched Tuesday the campaign for October presidential election which begins with a polarized scenario and the two main candidates, incumbent Dilma Rousseff and opposition hopeful Jose Sierra virtually even in vote intention according to the latest public opinion polls.

• Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 06:57 UTC

  Brazilian opposition picks young, fresh face as Vice-president candidate

  

  Congressman Indio da Costa of the opposition Democrats party was named Brazilian presidential candidate Jose Serra’a running mate. The move is geared to retake the initiative in the campaign to October 3 presidential polls which now have incumbent Dilma Rousseff ahead.