Tag: presidential elections

New Presidential Poll Shows Marina Silva Ahead Where It Counts: The Second Round

A new survey released by the Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics (Ibope) ...

Reelection Likely: Brazil President Holding Well in Polls

A just-released poll shows that Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers’ Party (PT), ...

Brazil Has a Lot to Learn from the US Primaries

The U.S. presidential candidates in the general election debate only a few times, but ...

Political Polarization Has Done Brazil a Lot of Good

The test of a democracy’s health is what happens at levels beneath that of ...

São Paulo Mayoral Election – a Foretaste of the Brazilian Presidential Race?

The humiliating defeat of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s candidate in the ...

Brazil’s Lula Scare Tactics Widen His Lead in Reelection Bid

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva widened his lead over rival Geraldo Alckmin, ...

Seven Candidates Are Running for President in Brazil

Last Friday, June 30, was the deadline established by the Brazilian Election Board (Tribunal ...