Brazil&#39;s Workers&#39; Party gains in mayoral voting
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva&#39;s left-leaning Workers&#39; Party posted significant wins in nationwide municipal elections Sunday and expanded its reach into Brazil&#39;s mammoth interior.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his rival in the second round presidential election have begun courting small rival political parties ahead of the Oct. 29 runoff.
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Brazilian voters gave a boost to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in nationwide municipal elections on Sunday, according to initial results, in the first electoral
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da   Silva extended his lead over his closest rival in Brazil's   presidential race, taking 50 percent of the vote in the latest   poll released on Thursday.
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Brazilian voters gave a boost to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in nationwide municipal elections on Sunday, according to initial results, in the first electoral test for the leftist leader and his plans to remake Latin America's biggest country.
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In the first electoral test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his plans to remake Latin America's largest country, Brazilians Sunday chose municipal mayors and councils nationwide.
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Former Sao Paulo Gov. Geraldo Alckmin forced a presidential runoff election by capitalizing on Brazilians' anger over scandals that reached ever-closer to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's popularity rose six months into his second term despite growing violence in cities and a series of corruption scandals in national politics, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday.
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As Brazil prepares to vote, its economic capital faces a different kind of contest
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MONTEVIDEO Â· Uruguayans strengthened South America&#39;s political turn to the left, electing the country&#39;s first leftist president as part of a regional shift by voters disenchanted by US-backed
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In its first electoral test since taking power 21 months ago, the party of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emerged stronger from nationwide municipal elections but did not win in the country's biggest city, Sao Paulo.
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Though it isn&#39;t certain, it appeared Wednesday a major party member of Brazil&#39;s ruling alliance would leave to pursue 2006 presidential aspirations.
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Brazil&#39;s metalworkers union approved a contract with the country&#39;s automakers giving workers a 10 percent pay increase and limits on overtime, the O Estado de S. Paulo daily newspaper reported.
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Thanks mostly to a robust economy, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been coasting to re-election victory in two months. But a new threat is rising.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, Sept. 30 -- The dividing lines that will determine Brazil's presidential election on Sunday are extraordinarily clear, as plainly visible as the swinging doors that separate a restaurant's dining room from its kitchen.
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Guyana's ruling party surged ahead of its nearest rival in Guyana's presidential and parliamentary elections, authorities said late Tuesday as they gathered ballots from the South American country's jungle interior.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - With his once-comfortable   lead narrowing, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva   geared up on Thursday for a final campaign push to secure an   outright victory in this weekend's election.