Tag: elections

Brazil: Plot Thickens as Lula’s Presidential Candidate Faces Health Crisis

Just when President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva thought he had installed his chief ...

Lula’s Favorite Gets Face Lift Before Running for Brazil’s Presidency

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had already shown its preference. Now the ...

Brazil Elects Over 200 Seniors as Mayors, But for the Elderly Life Is Dreary

Last October’s municipal election in Brazil with some 100 million going  to the polls ...

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 ...

Brazil’s Lula Misses Top Prize of Municipal Elections: Sí£o Paulo

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's ruling Workers Party (PT) appeared to have held ...

Brazil Goes to the Polls and Gives President Lula Several Victories

Brazilians voting in mayoral and municipal elections have given the president's Workers' party wins ...

More Popular Than Ever, Brazil’s Lula Grants God Brazilian Citizenship

On the campaign trail for the coming municipal elections in Brazil next October, Brazilian ...

Lucky Brazilians! They Have Six Obamas to Choose From

Barack Obama is running for mayor in Belford Roxo, a little town close to ...

Coming Up in Brazil – Serra Versus Dilma?

The world’s eye may be on the presidential contest in the United States but ...

Brazil Fines Press for Political Interview Labeled as Propaganda

The reaction of Paris-based freedom-of-press organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) to the news that ...