Tag: Jose Serra

Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 16:18 UTC
France’s Alstom paid millions in bribes to secure contracts in Brazil

French power company Alstom paid millions of dollars in bribes to secure lucrative contracts in Sao Paulo state in 1998, a Brazilian newspaper reported this week. The Estado de Sao Paulo cited federal police documents as saying Alstom executives were among 10 people facing charges in connection with the scandal.
Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:04 UTC
Corruption allegations in crucial Sao Paulo city reach Brazil’s main opposition party

After the mensalão case rocked Brazil’s ruling party, it seems it’s now the turn of the Social Democrats (PSDB), the main opposition party. The Attorney General’s office and the police are investigating the allegations against the PSDB and if its leaders received kickbacks from a scheme involving the maintenance of train and metro lines in Sao Paulo.
Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 02:45 UTC
Fifty large Brazilian cities face run offs on 28 October; Sao Paulo an open race

Fifty large Brazilian cities will be holding a run off at the end of the month following on Sunday’s results of the municipal elections when the ruling Workers Party and the opposition Brazilian Social Democracy Party, PSDB, confirmed their leaderships.
Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 06:58 UTC
Another plus for Lula da Silva: Dilma in the threshold of becoming Brazil’s first woman president

Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff cruised through the final television debate with presidential rival Jose Serra on Friday as another poll showed her heading for a convincing win in Sunday's runoff election.
Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:33 UTC
Serra promises “substantial” changes to relations with Mercosur if elected president

Brazil’s presidential opposition candidate Jose Serra promised substantial changes to the country’s foreign policy if elected next Sunday. He specifically mentioned Brazil’s lobbying for a seat at the UN Security Council, the functioning of Mercosur and relations with Cuba and Iran.
Sunday, October 24th 2010 - 03:00 UTC
The Economist prefers Jose Serra as a better president but admits the inevitable

Nevertheless it admits that Dilma Rousseff, with the help from outgoing president Lula da Silva, (and his extraordinary political gifts and innate pragmatism), will most probably be the winner.
Wednesday, October 20th 2010 - 03:33 UTC
Dilma Rousseff seems back on track and leads with 51% vote intention

The Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff has widened her lead ahead of a presidential runoff vote on October 31, a poll showed, suggesting her campaign may be back on pace after a rough two weeks in which she appeared to be back-pedalling
Monday, October 18th 2010 - 21:18 UTC
Brazil’s king-maker prefers to remain ‘independent”: decision favours Dilma

Brazil’s Green Party decided Sunday to remain independent in the presidential runoff election on October 31.
The third-place finisher in the first round, Marina Silva said she would not support either Dilma Rousseff, a former cabinet chief, or the opposition candidate, José Serra, a former governor of São Paulo.
Monday, October 18th 2010 - 00:09 UTC
Abortion debate in Brazilian campaign has both candidates on the defensive

Brazilian opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra denied his Chilean wife Monica Allende had an abortion and compared the claim with the “defamation” suffered by President Lula da Silva when he was a candidate in 1989.
Friday, October 15th 2010 - 06:15 UTC
Serra closes in as presidential debate moves to abortion away from the economy

Brazilian opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra seems to be successfully targeting religious voters as he closes the 14 percentage points of the first round ahead of the runoff at the end of October.