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Brazil’s first female president, Dilma Rousseff, is seeking a second term next Sunday, the next step on a political journey that began when she...
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Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva only learned to read at 16 and endured a tough childhood as a rubber tapper in the Amazon before...
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Brazil’s electorate is split a week ahead of presidential elections, with polls showing leftist incumbent Dilma Rousseff locked in a dead heat with main...
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While Brazil’s financial sector would like to see social democrat Aecio Neves as president, voters are less keen and opinion polls give the senator...
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More than 20 retired footballers are running in Brazil’s elections next month, trading their boots for suits and the “beautiful game” for the sometimes...
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Have you ever wanted to pelt a politician with a tomato? Or wished for that perfect candidate to come along and sweep you off...
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Brazil’s evangelical Christians — rapidly gaining in number and political clout — are giving a boost to the presidential bid of their fellow convert,...
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Less than two weeks before Brazil’s presidential vote, corruption concerns dominate the campaign, amid allegations that leading politicians benefited from huge kickbacks on oil...
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A fiery plane crash that claimed the life of a popular politician has provided Brazil’s presidential campaign with a dramatic plot twist worthy of...
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A man convicted of killing a US Amazon activist who was also a nun, was re-arrested in Brazil on suspicion of involvement in three...