Why Scandals Won't Stop Brazil Reelecting Lula
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Sure, the president and his party have been a disappointment to his  voters. But keeping his promise to feed the poor has almost guaranteed him  another term
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz  Inacio Lula da Silva has begun the task of reshuffling his  government to revive political alliances he needs to get  reelected and to pass slow-moving reforms in Congress.
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- More than 125 million Brazilian voters are set to choose a new government today, and polls show they want more of the same, despite more than a year's worth of political scandals.
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More than 90 people in Brazil face possible charges after a two-year inquiry into money laundering.
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International Forecaster Allyn Hunt writes: Bush&#39;s re-election in contrast signals a period of increased efforts by Brazil&#39;s widely popular President of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Argentina&#39;s Nestor Kirchner, Venezuela&#39;s vigorously anti-Bush President
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Lula comes to the Presidency with a huge mandate -- and an intractable parliament
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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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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's biggest party voted  to leave the governing coalition on Sunday in a move that could  complicate President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reform agenda  and pressure him to give the centrist party extra government  posts.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva was battling to secure the votes needed to clinch an outright victory in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Stacks of dirty money nabbed in a botched smear campaign covered Brazil's front pages on Saturday as polls showed for the first time that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could be forced to a second round run-off.
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned Thursday to the gritty suburb where he campaigned as a radical leftist for years before winning Brazil's presidency. This time, he's a popular centrist who stabilized Brazil's economy and brought millions out of poverty.
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Brazil's Senate has rejected a proposal to expel its leader, an ally of President Lula, following a corruption scandal.
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Federal prosecutors in Brazil say they have identified 137 politicians and more than 400 officials involved in a corruption scandal.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The head of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's party said Friday he would step down after a campaign mudslinging scandal.
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As Brazil prepares to vote, its economic capital faces a different kind of contest
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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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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Newly surfaced photographs of  a victim of Brazil's 1964-85 military rule have put the  government in a quandary -- how to avoid riling the armed  forces while satisfying rights groups' demands for answers  about the country's "Dirty War."