Tag: Marina Silva

• Wednesday, April 6th 2016 - 08:42 UTC

  Brazil's governance crisis closer to a snap election as soon as October

  

  A Supreme Court judge ordered Brazil's Congress on Tuesday to start impeachment proceedings against Vice President Michel Temer, deepening a political crisis and uncertainty over leadership of Latin America's largest country. Justice Marco Aurelio Mello told the lower house to convene an impeachment committee to consider putting Temer on trial on charges he helped manipulate budget accounting as part of President Dilma Rousseff's administration.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2016 - 06:28 UTC

  Dilma main ally abandons government pushing her closer to impeachment

  

  A anticipated Brazil's largest party, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, PMDB, announced on Tuesday it was leaving President Dilma Rousseff's governing coalition and pulling its members from her government, a departure that raises the odds she could be impeached in a matter of months.

• Thursday, October 16th 2014 - 07:45 UTC

  Brazilian presidential runoff in a neck to neck technical tie

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and her challenger Senator Aecio Neves for the 26 October runoff, are technically tied according to the latest public opinion poll released by Datafolha, which so far has shown to be one of the most reliable pollsters.

• Monday, October 13th 2014 - 06:38 UTC

  Environmentalist Marina Silva “will vote and support” Aecio Neves

  

  Business-friendly opposition candidate Aecio Neves received a crucial boost in Brazil's presidential election race on Sunday with the endorsement of popular environmentalist Marina Silva two weeks before his runoff against incumbent Dilma Rousseff.

• Thursday, October 9th 2014 - 08:28 UTC

  Brazil's Socialist party announces support for Neves on 26 October runoff

  

  The political party that launched environmentalist Marina Silva's unsuccessful presidential bid has thrown its support behind pro-business candidate Aecio Neves for Brazil's Oct. 26 runoff vote against populist President Dilma Rousseff.

• Wednesday, October 8th 2014 - 08:38 UTC

  Brazilian pollsters missed percentages but 'confirmed tendencies'

  

  Although pollsters in Brazil got it right with President Dilma Rousseff victory and the growth tendency of runner up Aecio Neves in the last days leading to Sunday's presidential election, they failed dismally in percentage estimates.

• Tuesday, October 7th 2014 - 05:56 UTC

  Brazilian markets clearly support challenger Neves: Bovespa up 4.7%

  

  The Sao Paulo stock exchange soared 4.7% on Monday with the Bovespa index reaching 57.115 points following Sunday's presidential election when no candidate managed 50% of ballots, opening the way for a runoff between pro-business Aecio Neves and president Dilma Rousseff.

• Saturday, October 4th 2014 - 10:38 UTC

  Investors on edge waiting for the results of Sunday's voting in Brazil

  

  Latin American currencies weakened on Friday after strong U.S. jobs data was seen as increasing the likelihood of higher interest rates in the world's largest economy, while Brazil markets fluttered in the last trading session before Oct. 5 elections.

• Friday, October 3rd 2014 - 07:53 UTC

  Latest poll shows Dilma winning the run off with seven point margin

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has extended her lead over environmentalist Marina Silva ahead of Sunday's Oct. 5 presidential election and would win a likely second-round runoff, a new poll showed on Thursday.

• Thursday, October 2nd 2014 - 07:39 UTC

  Dilma and Marina fighting for the religious vote, one fifth of the Brazilian electorate

  

  Brazil's rapid religious transformation is having an impact on the country's tight presidential race, where abortion and gay marriage have emerged as hot issues and Pentecostal televangelists are political power brokers.