2010年10月30日星期六

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Rousseff ahead as Brazil rivals rally swing voters (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:59 PM PDT

Brazil's presidential candidates, Dilma Rousseff (R) from the ruling party PT (Workers Party) shakes hands with Jose Serra of the PSDB party, before a television debate at the Globo TV studio in Rio de Janeiro October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - Brazil's presidential candidates rallied in the key swing state of Minas Gerais on Saturday in a last-ditch attempt to win over undecided voters before Sunday's runoff election.


Brazil readies to elect first female president (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 01:16 PM PDT

Brazilian presidential candidate for the Worker's Party Dilma Rousseff (L) greets a supporter who leapt on her vehicle, during a rally in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Campaigning wrapped up in Brazil Saturday on the eve of a presidential runoff expected to make the ruling party candidate, Dilma Rousseff, the country's first female president.(AFP/Vanderlei Almeida)AFP - Campaigning wrapped up in Brazil Saturday on the eve of a presidential runoff expected to make the ruling party candidate, Dilma Rousseff, the country's first female president.


Brazilian candidate's key asset: a nod from Lula (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:36 PM PDT

A child stands at his house entrance next to a sign of Workers Party's presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff at the Dona Martha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. Rousseff will face Jose Serra, presidential candidate of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, PSDB, in an election runoff Sunday.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - Eight years ago, raw sewage ran through the streets in Patricia Silva's neighborhood and she could find only intermittent work cleaning houses. Now the streets are clean and Silva, with a steady job as a hotel maid, has clawed her way above the poverty line.


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