Municipal Elections Strengthen Party of Brazilian President
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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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As expected, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) headed by President Festus Mogae won the elections, winning 29 of the 57 seats up for election, giving Mogae a second five-year term in office.
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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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BRASILIA, Brazil  - A source close to President   Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's election committee said on Tuesday   a poll due to be released shortly would show Lula's commanding   lead over his main rival in Brazil's presidential race   narrowing slightly from last week.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, elected to a second four-year term in October, was voted the country's best-ever president, a survey released on Sunday showed.
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Former President Fernando Collor de Mello, forced from office in a corruption scandal in 1992 and barred from politics for eight years, has won a seat in Brazil's Senate, electoral officials said Monday.
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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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As Brazil prepares to vote, its economic capital faces a different kind of contest
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Voters cast ballots for governors and mayors Sunday in elections expected to strengthen President Hugo Chavez&#39;s political power two months after he overwhelmingly won a referendum on his rule.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, facing a run-off in Brazil's election, is toning down his class-war rhetoric in a bid to woo the middle class and business votes that cost him a first-round victory.
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Lula comes to the Presidency with a huge mandate  -  and an intractable parliament
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With three-quarters of the ballots tabulated, BrazilÂs president had 49.4 percent of the vote, but it is unclear if he will avoid a runoff.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's standing as a man of the people may not be enough to carry him to victory when Brazilians vote in a presidential election on Sunday.
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By Carlos DeJuana and Terry Wade SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazil's ruling Workers'Party (PT) held onto the mayoralty in at least three majorcities in Sunday's municipal vote but will face a tough run-offcontest for the biggest prize, the city of Sao Paulo, accordingto early results and an exit poll.
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Sao Paulo&#39;s mayoral race will head into a second round, with lead challenger Jose Serra taking on incumbent Marta Suplicy, Estado de Sao Paulo reports.
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Lula comes to the Presidency with a huge mandate -- and an intractable parliament
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SAO PAULO -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a tough runoff election later this month after his stunning fall from prohibitive favorite to co-survivor in a Sunday's presidential contest.