Tag: Marina Silva

• Monday, October 7th 2013 - 14:27 UTC

  Powerful alliance (ecologists and business) emerges to challenge Rousseff

  

  Environmentalist Marina Silva announced that she will not run for the Brazilian presidency in the 2014 polls, and instead will back Eduardo Campos, who will be the nominee for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB).

• Saturday, September 7th 2013 - 01:56 UTC

  Opinion polls coincide Dilma is recovering the hearts of Brazilian voters

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's popularity recovered from a recent drop caused by massive street protests as the government tried to deal with the sluggish economy and concern that inflation will rise the Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Friday.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 08:00 UTC

  Polls confirm support for Rousseff has crashed and Lula da Silva becomes an option

  

  Former president Lula da Silva is back leading opinion polls as the most likeable candidate for Brazil’s presidential election in 2014, eleven percentage points ahead of his successor and current president Dilma Rousseff according to the latest public opinion polls released over the week end.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 20:45 UTC

  Dilma Rousseff suffering impact of protests: approval rating plunges 24.4 points

  

  A freefall drop in Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's popularity following last month's social unrest is altering the outlook for next year's presidential elections, according to a poll released Tuesday.

• Monday, June 10th 2013 - 12:41 UTC

  Brazilian economy eroding Rousseff’s support, but remains favourite for 2014 election

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating fell for the first time since her term began in January 2011 as concern about inflation and sluggish economic growth grew. Rousseff's presidency was rated as “good” or “excellent” fell to 57% from 65% in the previous poll.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 19:56 UTC

  Brazil’s Dilma seems unbeatable 18 months ahead of the presidential election

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff leads comfortably vote intention according to two public opinion polls published by leading newspapers, which indicate that she would have an easy win in the first round of the 2014 presidential election.

• Monday, February 25th 2013 - 06:57 UTC

  Brazilian 2014 presidential campaign takes off with Rousseff bidding re-election

  

  Brazil's 2014 election season got off last week with the unofficial launch of President Dilma Rousseff's re-election campaign by her mentor and predecessor Lula da Silva during the celebration of the ruling Workers Party tenth year in power.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2013 - 05:41 UTC

  “Sustainability party” is born in Brazil headed by tireless fighter for Amazon rainforest protection

  

  Former Brazilian environment minister and presidential candidate Marina Silva has launched a new political party with an eye on next year’s presidential elections. The new party is called “Sustainability Network.” It was launched in Brasilia at a meeting of politicians, congressmen and other Silva supporters.

• 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.