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Brazil To Elect A New President

MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40
Posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1235 times:

Today 3 October voters in Brazil will choose their new President in national elections as the very popular Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva steps down after two terms.

Mrs Dilma Roussef, 62, former guerilla and opponent to the dictatorship is given as the winner and Brazil's first woman President. Roussef was President Lula's Chief of Staff. She is the candidate for the left wing Worker's Party.

The latest polls are giving her a 20% advantage over candidate Jose Serra, the former Mayor of Sao Paulo. He is a centrist, and candidate for the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11460922

There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde

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MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40
Reply 1, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1167 times:

Brazil presidential elections head for second round.

Dilma Rousseff, backed by outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, failed to secure the 50% of votes needed for an outright victory.

She now enters a 31 October run-off against Social Democratic Party (PSDB) candidate Jose Serra, who won 33%.

Green Party candidate Marina Silva surprised many in the first round by winning 19% of the vote.

There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde

PPVRA From Brazil, joined Nov 2004, 8492 posts, RR: 43
Reply 2, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1153 times:

The polls were off my a significant margin. They are gonna have to reevaluate how they go about this for October 31.

With that said, I think the real interesting news is the election of an illiterate, professional clown TV star to the legislature. . .

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/04/...ct-this-guy-as-federal-deputy-too/

Hilarious.

"If goods do not cross borders, soldiers will" - Frederic Bastiat

NIKV69 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 1151 times:

Quoting MadameConcorde (Thread starter):
former guerilla

Did you leave out "Marxist" on purpose?

Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38514 posts, RR: 80
Reply 4, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1118 times:

Quoting PPVRA (Reply 2):
They are gonna have to reevaluate how they go about this for October 31.

Probably go trick or treating?

Bring back the Concorde

PPVRA From Brazil, joined Nov 2004, 8492 posts, RR: 43
Reply 5, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1083 times:

Quoting PPVRA (Reply 2):
my a significant margin

What's with me and typing lately. BY a significant margin.

Quoting Superfly (Reply 4):
Probably go trick or treating?

Very fitting, it's going to be a scary night.

"If goods do not cross borders, soldiers will" - Frederic Bastiat

varigb707 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1221 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1060 times:

This is my anti Dilma campaign and Serra support.

"Hey Now!"

MillwallSean From Brunei, joined Apr 2008, 1115 posts, RR: 5
Reply 7, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1035 times:

Brazil is rather interesting.
Two leftwing candidates squaring off not many people would have believed that two decades ago.
Green party candidate surprising follows the international trend of the rise of the greens.

Loosing Lula will still hurt alot. No other Brazilian leader, post 2 world war, has managed to make such an impression on the world or gained such recognition.
The country took great steps under him.

No One Likes Us - We Dont Care.

MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40
Reply 8, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 1006 times:

Quoting varigb707 (Reply 6):
This is my anti Dilma campaign and Serra support.

I also prefer Serra to Rousseff though with her getting full support from Lula and from the green candidate I think he has very few chances of winning if none at all.

There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde

PPVRA From Brazil, joined Nov 2004, 8492 posts, RR: 43
Reply 9, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 1001 times:

Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 8):
I also prefer Serra to Rousseff though with her getting full support from Lula and from the green candidate I think he has very few chances of winning if none at all.

The Greens haven't announced who they will support yet, but they tend to lean Serra (the voters, the party itself plays the political game). They have scheduled 17 OCT to make the decision, but Marina is playing games right now and whether they will even back a candidate in full is still in question. She is widely quoted as pursuing a neutral position, though that could change.

"If goods do not cross borders, soldiers will" - Frederic Bastiat

Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38514 posts, RR: 80
Reply 10, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 983 times:

Quoting PPVRA (Reply 5):
Quoting Superfly (Reply 4):
Probably go trick or treating?

Very fitting, it's going to be a scary night.

Well it is Halloween.

Bring back the Concorde

santosdumont From Brazil, joined Dec 2003, 1201 posts, RR: 4
Reply 11, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 961 times:

Quoting NIKV69 (Reply 3):
Quoting MadameConcorde (Thread starter):
former guerilla

Did you leave out "Marxist" on purpose?

With all her faults -- and there are a lot -- Dilma Rousseff isn't dumb. If elected, she will take a page from incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's poltiical playbook -- and she's taken a number of pages already -- and keep current general economic policy place. That policy has allowed Brazil to navigate the global financial crisis fairly well and helped the country become the darling of the developed world as far as investment goes.

Of course, Lula takes the credit for the growth, but it was his predecessor Fernando Henrique Cardoso who made it all possible.

"Pursuit Of Truth No Matter Where It Lies" -- Metallica

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