Tag: Workers' Party (Brazil)

• Monday, October 27th 2014 - 02:08 UTC

  Dilma with Lula da Silva's magic, re-elected in rich-poor divided Brazil

  

  Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff supported by the decisive campaigning of Lula da Silva, narrowly won re-election on Sunday after convincing voters that the record on poverty reduction in the last twelve years was more important than a recent economic slump.

• Monday, October 20th 2014 - 08:17 UTC

  Dilma admits Petrobras funds were illegally diverted to finance political parties

  

  Brazilian President and candidate for reelection Dilma Rousseff admitted that funds were illegally diverted at the state-run oil firm Petrobras, allegedly to benefit political parties allied with the government, and she promised to seek reimbursement of that money.

• 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.

• Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 23:44 UTC

  Much mud-slinging but no definitive KO in Dilma/Neves first round of debates

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and rival presidential candidate Aecio Neves have clashed over corruption and the state of the economy in the first of a series of televised debates ahead of the second round of presidential elections. 26 October.

• 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.

• Monday, October 6th 2014 - 21:17 UTC

  Dilma retained majority in Congress, theoretically, given the volatility of Brazilian parties

  

  The multi-party coalition that currently supports Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff lost ground in Sunday's election but will keep its majority in Congress following on the results released by the country' Superior Electoral Tribunal, TSE.

• Saturday, September 27th 2014 - 06:17 UTC

  Lula da Silva the decisive campaign factor in Brazil's presidential election

  

  Dilma Rousseff has stopped her erosion in opinion polls as she seeks a second term as Brazil’s president, even reversing the trend with only days left before the election, greatly thanks to her predecessor and mentor Lula da Silva.

• Monday, September 1st 2014 - 14:05 UTC

  Ascending Marina Silva ties with Dilma and polarizes the 5 October election

  

  Presidential candidate Marina Silva has widened her lead over President Dilma Rousseff to 10 percentage points in what could be a likely runoff in Brazil's October election, a survey by polling firm Datafolha showed on Friday.

• Wednesday, August 20th 2014 - 09:50 UTC

  Dilma admits many problems plague Brazil but refuses to talk about corruption in her party

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff acknowledged “many problems and challenges” still plague the country's woeful heath system but defended her record on the economy and education on a live 15-minute interview on the Globo television network's nightly news.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 08:29 UTC

  Brazil's ruling party expels representative for alleged ties with organized crime

  

  Brazil's ruling Workers Party in Sao Pablo decided to expel representative Luiz Moura following his alleged ties to organized crime exposed by a police investigation. Criminal gangs in Brazil are powerful and are known to have connections with the political system.