2010年10月3日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Brazil


Rousseff faces runoff in Brazil election (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff placed a strong first in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, but a runoff looked inevitable after some voters were turned off at the last minute by a corruption scandal and her views on social issues.

Rousseff leads in Brazil vote, but runoff likely (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 05:26 PM PDT

Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate for the Workers Party, right, is kissed by Tarso Genro, candidate for Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, next to an electronic ballot box after voting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Brazilians vote Sunday in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country's first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - A one-time Marxist guerrilla chosen by Brazil's beloved leader to succeed him took a wide lead in Sunday's presidential election, but a second-round vote seemed inevitable, said top officials within the government and the ruling party.


Lula's presidential candidate eyes victory in Brazil polls (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 03:47 PM PDT

Dilma Rousseff flashes the AFP - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's chosen successor, Dilma Rousseff, looked set to claim victory in elections Sunday, though it was not yet clear whether she would have to face a runoff against her nearest rival.


Brazil election: Lula's legacy set to propel Dilma Rousseff to victory (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:45 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Brazilians face an unfamiliar ballot today when they enter polling booths to elect a new president. For the first time since the end of the dictatorship in 1985, the name Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will not be on it.

In election, Brazil's Silva hopes for victory lap (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2009 file picture, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva look at their reflections in a mirror before a news conference at the Alvorada palace in Brasilia. Silva is one of the loudest moral voices of the developing world, boldly lashing out at what he considers economic and political injustices rich countries hand down to the developing world and hammering away at what he says is a global trade system favoring wealthy nations. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)AP - The emcee's voice begins rising to a crescendo rivaling that of any Las Vegas ring announcer, a yell driving through a dense tropical rain that concisely explains what Brazil's adored president means to his nation.


Paraguayan leader's health stable after treatment (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:33 PM PDT

A vehicle carrying Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo leaves his residence for the airport in Asuncion for an urgent flight to Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2, 2010. REUTERS/Jorge AdornoReuters - Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo's health was stable on Saturday after he was rushed to a hospital in Brazil to treat what turned out to be a vascular problem, his doctor said.


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