Tag: elections

The Time Has Come to End Lula’s Monarchy in Brazil

The downpour of odd government decisions,  apparently meaningless presidential phrases and so much propaganda perhaps ...

Brazil’s Election Race: Time for Serra to Get a Move On

Everybody in Brazil knows that São Paulo state governor José Serra is desperate to ...

Brazil’s Biggest Party Backs Lula’s Hand-Picked Candidate for President

The biggest political party in Brazil, the PMDB (Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement),  ...

Brazilian Ethics: 68% Buy Piracy, 36% Pay Bribes, 17 Million Sell Their Vote

About 17 million Brazilians, 13% of the electorate, confessed to have traded their vote ...

Brazil’s Marina Silva Gets an Easy Ride

When Marina Silva left the Workers Party (PT) to join the Greens many observers ...

She’s Black and Woman and Wishes to Be Brazil’s Next President

"During the US Democrat party primaries, when Hillary Clinton was running against Barack Obama, ...

Brazilians Who Believe in Change Should Be Happy for the Bearers of Utopias

It appears that the presidential candidates for the second round of elections in 2010 ...

Why Is Brazil Press So Infatuated with Marina Silva’s Candidacy?

Brazilian senator Marina Silva, from Acre state’s Workers Party (PT) was featured on major ...

Brazil Lula’s Refusal of a Third Term Sends Message to Caudillo Chávez

With the Brazilian presidential election approaching in October 2010, potential candidates have started to ...

Plebiscite Would Give Lula Chance at Third Mandate as President of Brazil

Another period for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president of Brazil is "a ...