Tag: presidential election

• Monday, October 1st 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro and Haddad technical tied in Brazilian presidential race according to latest poll

  

  The latest public opinion released in Brazil on Sunday, a week ahead of the 7 October presidential election first round shows the two leading candidates virtually in technical ties.

• Monday, October 1st 2018 - 08:14 UTC

  Daunting Brazil challenges for whoever is elected president this month

  

  Whoever wins Brazil’s presidential election on October 7, and the runoff on October 28, will have to convince markets, implement austerity measures while trying to drag millions people out of poverty.

• Saturday, September 29th 2018 - 12:36 UTC

  Haddad could defeat Bolsonaro in Brazil's runoff vote, according to latest poll

  

  Brazil’s Workers Party candidate, Fernando Haddad, would defeat far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in an expected runoff vote in next month’s election, a Datafolha poll showed on Friday. In a simulated runoff vote, the poll found Haddad would get 45% voter support, beating Bolsonaro with 39%, with the rest of those asked saying they were undecided or would annul their ballot. Voting is compulsory in Brazil.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  Evangelical “block” in Brazilian congress expected to increase

  

  Evangelical voters are expected to play a decisive role in Brazil’s Oct. 7 presidential election as new rules ban corporations from making direct contributions in the wake of a graft scandal. With their numbers and clout growing, and the “evangelical bloc” in Congress accounting for 15% of federal lawmakers, evangelical supporters have become the focus of leading candidates.

• Friday, September 14th 2018 - 09:25 UTC

  Brazil currency closed on Thursday at a record low on political uncertainty

  

  Brazil's currency closed at a record low of 4.197 to the US dollar on Thursday amid uncertainty and unpredictability surrounding next month's presidential elections. The previous record of 4.166 dated back to January 2016, during a two-and-a-half-year recession.

• Friday, June 8th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Temer denies any risk of a currency crisis; Central bank pledges “all the necessary liquidity”

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer said on Thursday there was no risk of a currency crisis in Latin America's largest economy despite sharp falls in the exchange rate, while the central bank chief pledged to maintain the bank's intervention in the market.

• Monday, August 16th 2010 - 04:52 UTC

  It is official: Cristina or Nestor will be running for president in 2011

  

  Argentine Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández said Sunday that either Néstor Kirchner or Cristina Fernández de Kirchner would be the candidates for the 2011 presidential elections from the ruling party.

• Saturday, June 26th 2010 - 04:42 UTC

  Lula da Silva skips G20 because of floods and presidential election

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva has cancelled plans to attend the G-20 economic summit in Toronto, Canada after flooding in the northeast of the country left at least 51 people dead and 120,000 others homeless.