Summary: Brazil's president seeks term 2
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THE INCUMBENT: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's first elected leftist president, has been applauded for keeping his pledge to improve life for the poor, and for doing it without raising taxes or alienating foreign investors.
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By Tiago Pariz and Carmen Munari BRASILIA, Brazil  - A leading centrist party isthreatening to leave Brazil's governing coalition next week ina move that could jeopardize the president's reforms inCongress and pressure him to give it more Cabinet posts.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilians lined up to vote on Sunday with indications that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, though still the champion of the poor and workers, may have squandered his chances of a first-round victory because of scandals over sleazy politics.
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(CPOD) Sept. 20, 2004 - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is regaining public support in Brazil, according to a poll by Ibope. 38 per cent of respondents rate the presidentâs performance as &quot;good&quot; or &quot;very good,&quot; a nine per cent increase since June.
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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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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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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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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.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilians lined up to vote on Sunday amid signs that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, though still the champion of the poor and workers, may have squandered his chances of a first-round victory because of scandals over sleazy politics.
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Unexpected successes in curbing inflation and restoring public finances have given a strong political boost to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who seeks reelection on Sunday.
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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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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil wants a seat at the top  table of world nations.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he will not seek a third consecutive term as Brazil's leader, but will try to influence the choice of his successor who might come from outside his ruling party.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's opposition candidates   stepped up attacks on Thursday against President Luiz Inacio   Lula da Silva over corruption in an effort to trim the former   union leader's solid lead in the presidential election race.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a month of high-stakes campaigning against an inspired challenger who will try to hammer on corruption scandals to unseat the former metalworker in a run-off vote.
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Political analysts are uncertain if BrazilÂs president, made vulnerable by another corruption scandal, will obtain the majority he needs to avoid a runoff.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva will undergo an annual check up at a SaoPaulo heart hospital on Saturday morning, a government officialsaid on Friday.