Tag: Sao Pablo Mayor

• Friday, October 26th 2012 - 00:10 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s magic ensures Sao Paulo City in Sunday’s municipal run-off

  

  The electoral magic of former Brazilian president Lula da Silva did it again: the country’s major financial and industrial hub, the city of Sao Paulo only a few weeks ago was turning its back on the ruling Workers party at the municipal elections, but is now to his feet probably with a landslide victory.

• 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.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 06:23 UTC

  Rio mayor re-elected and will host Olympics; Sao Paulo, run off with the two main parties

  

  Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes has been re-elected with an overwhelming majority in the first round of Brazil's municipal elections. Paes from the centrist Democratic Movement Party will be in charge when Rio hosts the 2016 Olympics.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 03:59 UTC

  Despite Dilma, Lula and Cardoso, Sao Paulo city could end with an outsider as mayor

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff joined her mentor Lula da Silva in a political rally in support of the Workers Party candidate for mayor of the city of Sao Paulo in next Sunday’s municipal elections when 140 million Brazilians are registered to vote.